1989, Eric A. Stubbs, Soviet Domestic Economic Reforms and the International Business Environment, page 8:
This overcommissioning of new projects prior to the completion of the old is a perverse result of the administrative incentives guiding ministry actions.
1993, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), RSA Journal, volume 141, page 458:
I think the answer must lie in plays being given full-scale production in theatres, not in bursaries or residences, admirable though they are. Nor do I think the future lies in the practice some theatres have of overcommissioning.
1998, Neil Brand, Dramatic Notes: Foregrounding Music in the Dramatic Experience, John Libbey & Company Limited, page 65:
[…] before we get to the huge climax which is going to really keep them rivetted? Very often a producer's insecurity about an early sequence in a film will lead to an enormous overcommissioning of music, which they think will make the viewer […]
The MII is said to be reluctant to license any additional Chinese manufacturers for fear of overcommissioning output and leaving the 10 existing licensees with stock. The larger manufacturers can offload any excess stock to Asia.
2009, Robert J. Neal, Liberty Engine: A Technical & Operational History, Specialty Press (→ISBN), page 77:
“Nor have they hesitated to promise and advance money to interests where member or members were connected with them, and actually aided in building and overcommissioning companies where no facilities existed, awarding millions to ..."
