...Yangyan Shi; Eias AI Humdan; Yangfei Gao Purpose This study aims to examine the integration of third-party purchasing (3PP) as a procurement outsourcing service within third-party logistics (3PL) operations, focusing on its transactional enablers, supply chain ( SC ) implications...

...Enrico Baraldi; Francesco Ciabuschi; Luciano Fratocchi; Daniel Pedroletti; Antonio Picciotti Purpose Reshoring implies the reconfiguration of supply networks. Focusing on the specific case of a born-offshored firm that engaged in reshoring of outsourced activities, this study aims to analyse how...

... 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Outsourcing Manufacturing Customer loyalty Logistics service providers Fuzzy qualitative comparison analysis Necessary and sufficient condition analysis Loyalty FsQCA Loyalty has been studied extensively...

...Hakan Hakansson; Björn Axelsson Purpose This paper centers round outsourcing. The purpose of this paper is to direct attention to outsourcing in the public sector and focus on what could be special when considering outsourcing in such contexts. The authors try to portray the business activities...

...Rose Du Preez; Michael Bendixen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of the philosophy adopted by organizations in making the decision to outsource contact centers or not. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological study was used to develop...

... Outsourcing Value co-creation Resource commitment During recent years, value co-creation has become a key concept within service marketing, B2B marketing and business management practices in general (Aarikka-Stenroos and Jaakkola, 2012 ; Grönroos, 2012 ; Pilon and Hadjielias, 2017 ; Saarijärvi...

... relationships, including the ongoing relationship management process. Outsourcing Purchasing Buyer-seller relationship Sourcing The outsourcing of business processes is an increasingly important type of service purchasing. This implies that a broader range of business services are being...

...Thomas Brashear Alejandro; Rajshekhar (Raj) G. Javalgi; W. Benoy Joseph; Elad Granot; Andrew C. Gross Purpose Offshore outsourcing offers competitive advantages when goods and services are produced economically and with acceptable or superior quality by suppliers located outside a firm's home...

... The key findings include first, that the formal and informal constraints in the Russian business environment influence outsourcing decisions in terms of increased transaction costs, and in terms of resources needed to be competitive. Second, the authors show that, due to these constraints, a firm...

... outsourced services as strategic in nature helps organizations ensure quality and low cost in the service delivery and also reduces complexity and associated risk to the organization. Research limitations/implications The overarching limitation is the number and size of the companies being researched...

... the propositions and validity of the taxonomy for purchasing business services. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Mergers and acquisitions Outsourcing Purchasing Service industries Service quality Services marketing In the service sector of the economy, business services experienced the fastest growth...

...Jeffrey E. Lewin; Wesley J. Johnston With a few exceptions, the extant literature lacks substantive analysis of the ways downsizing and outsourcing impact on organizational structure and the roles and behaviors of organizational members. This is especially true of research focussing...