... the purchasing function in five ways: partial outsourcing, transactional-oriented, strategic only, outsourced purchasing and full department. Each type has advantages and disadvantages regarding operative excellence. The authors identify type-specific antecedents to operative excellence: forecasting, payment...

...João Paulo Santos Aragão; Marcele Elisa Fontana Purpose This paper aims to propose guidelines for public sector managers in assessing the impact of outsourcing on business continuity (BC) strategies. This paper evaluated how public managers from the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, perceive...

... is to compare and understand the differences in logistics outsourcing outlook in the two regions by considering both manufacturing firms (M-firms) and logistics service providers’ (LSPs) perspectives. Design/methodology/approach A survey targeting both LSPs and M-firms in DACH and India is conducted...

... Qualitative Outsourcing strategic sourcing Supply chain integration Global supply chain labor market Sourcing in Africa Supply chain management Africa’s labor market is becoming an integral fragment of the global supply chain (GSC) and expected to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) despite...

...Haruna Isa Mohammad Purpose Outsourcing has become part of organizational strategy for achieving efficiency and effectiveness. This study aims to examine outsourcing and public universities’ performance in Nigeria, the mediating effect of trust. Design/methodology/approach The study used 353...

...Suvituulia Taponen; Katri Kauppi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare service outsourcing decisions between public and private organizations and against a theoretical decision-making framework to both understand differences across the sectors and to provide an outsourcing framework more...

...Himanshu Prajapati; Ravi Kant; Sandeep Mani Tripathi Purpose Outsourcing is a crucial tool for an organization to focus on its core business operations. The purpose of this study is to find critical success factors (CSFs) of outsourcing and to prioritize the performance outcomes of outsourcing...

...Reyes Gonzalez; Jose Gasco; Juan Llopis Purpose This paper aims to examine information system (IS) outsourcing success through the satisfaction achieved therewith. It simultaneously analyzes how IS outsourcing may influence the IS managers’ job. Design/methodology/approach The results obtained...

... within a relatively unique industry with an offset perspective and production transfers. Therefore, there is also a need for future studies to confirm the identified relationships within outsourcing/offset within other industries and other types of transfers. Originality/value A change from capacity...

...Tom Philip; Gerhard Schwabe Purpose This paper aims to explore the concept of early warning signs (EWSs) in offshore-outsourced software development (OOSD) projects at the team level. It also aims to identify the EWSs of failure in the onshore-offshore project context and understand how...

... in manufacturing companies. David Eriksson can be contacted at: dr.d.eriksson@gmail.com Qualitative Supply chain Outsourcing Offshoring Insourcing Backshoring Reshoring 15 06 2017 07 09 2017 19 10 2017 20 10 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing...

... the point of view of Chinese manufacturers, and following a social constructivist approach oriented to fashion organizations outsourcing to China, unveil the elements driving the point of SCRM strategies. Design/methodology/approach The authors studied the existing body of knowledge related to SCRM...

... with uncertainty at the onset of new projects by taking advantage of nuanced contractual mechanisms to produce a broader set of contractual archetypes. Originality/value This paper is the first in the outsourcing literature to analyze a nuanced contractual typology in software development projects through...

... to the advent of outsourcing opportunities and concomitant ramifications on entrepreneurial activities. In effect, the study highlights the endogeneity in the system wherein entrepreneurs have continually adapted to the industry dynamics resulting in its significant expansion. Design/methodology/approach...

... to derive the list. An initial list of topics was compiled based on a literature review combined with the results of an expert panel. This input was prioritized and extended by sourcing managers over three iterations. Findings The findings indicate that outsourcing remains a hot topic, even after almost...

...Rajasekhar David; Pratyush Banerjee; Abhilash Ponnam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore various risks that are associated with recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) strategy in the Indian information technology (IT)/IT-enabled service (ITes) industries. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ameha Mulugeta Gewe; Birhanu Beshah Abebe; Daniel Kitaw Azene; Fitsum Getachew Bayu Purpose Technological outsourcing requires possessing the technological capability level by enterprises taking the outsourced activity and further mandates build-up capabilities. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs...

... product-service solution that a manufacturing firm delivers on a competitive basis mirrors its goals on value creation and capture, positioning in the supply networks and the pool of assets and competences available to the firm. In our context, servitization is mainly driven by the outsourcing[ 2...

...Albert Plugge; Mark Borman; Marijn Janssen Purpose Adaptation is often seen as a key competitive advantage for outsourcing vendors. Outsourcing research has often assumed that vendor capabilities are static. However, as a result of uncertainties and/or changes in the client environment, vendors...

...Batoul Modarress; Al Ansari; Emil Thies Purpose – The purpose of this study is to identify the challenges, the benefits, the risks and the motives of petroleum companies in the Persian Gulf toward outsourcing strategy. While the petroleum companies are faced with massive costs of operation...