As regards labor market effects of International Outsourcing, empirical studies have difficulties in confirming theoretical results. The use of different indices adds to the puzzle. The paper examines whether measurement differences are one reason for the mismatch between empirical and theoretical findings. In fact, considering the properties of various outsourcing indices and applying a panel ...

How does IT outsourcing affect firm performance? What is the role of internal IT experience in IT outsourcing? Prior research has provided different answers for these two questions. This study attempts to address the inconsistencies in the literature. We distinguish between knowledge intensive IT outsourcing (KITO) and infrastructural IT outsourcing (IITO) and suggest that these two types of IT...

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Manufacturing outsourcing is a key industry trend towards greater operational efficiency and is related to the discussion of strategic core competencies. We study the issue of contract manufacturing at the strategic-tactical level and approach the topic from a multi-criteria decision-making perspective, since service, cost, quality, and more long-term value-related aspects are involved. To arri...

Existing research fails to explain why firms with weaker capabilities sometimes reach innovation adoption levels similar to those of their stronger competitors when competence-enhancing innovations enter their industry. This paper argues that differential benefits from collaborative outsourcing may help explain this puzzle. Firms with weaker capabilities sometimes benefit more from collaborativ...

The paper analyzes how international outsourcing affected individual employment security. The analysis is carried out at the micro-level, combining monthly spell data from household panel data and industry-level outsourcing measures. By utilizing micro-level data, problems such as aggregation and potential endogeneity bias, as well as crude skill approximations that regularly hamper industry le...

This paper proposes a model that suggests how firms could create strategic capabilities through IT outsourcing. We suggest how a firm adds value and reaps strategic benefits from IT outsourcing arrangements. A primary proposition is that, in the process of penetration of the managerial and technical capabilities of external vendors, managerial and social factors act as facilitators or inhibitor...

The purpose of this research is to investigate the determinants of outsourcing partnership between clients and providers in outsourcing projects. Furthermore, the relationship between the quality of outsourcing partnership and the success of outsourcing was also investigated in this research. Survey methodology was utilized, and the subjects were the medical centers that involved in PACS projec...

IT outsourcing business tends to be the domain of large companies. However, with increase saturation of outsourcing market among large companies, the under-exploited SME market emerges as a potentially lucrative playground for vendors. SMEs, confined by limited resources, can benefit from having external services. Literature review shows a lack of outsourcing research among SMEs in Malaysia. Th...

There are many studies of information technology outsourcing but very few discuss in depth the process of offshore software development outsourcing. The aim of this research is to understand the important issues and strategies in managing activities and relationships among software development teams involved in offshore outsourcing. The study involves UK companies who are engaged in offshore ou...