Motivated by the recent trend of offshoring manufacturing facilities to seek lower production cost, while keeping some costly local facilities to better respond to changes in market demand, this paper studies a dual sourcing policy and characterizes the average sourcing allocation. We consider the total landed cost from origin (combining a cheap but slow source and a fast but expensive source) ...

It has seldom examined how global sourcing decisions affect consumer formulate the hypotheses empirically tested in this study. Next, we describe the methodology employed to test the behavior. Through an experimental design, this study investigated how global sourcing locations and related factors influence consumers’ product hypotheses. Last, we present our findings and discuss the implication...

We study the decision of a manufacturer (buyer), expecting new sourcing opportunities in the future, to select between a sole and a second sourcing mechanism for a non-commodity component. In a sole sourcing mechanism, the buyer commits to source from the current supplier. In a second sourcing mechanism, the buyer keeps the option open to source from a new supplier in the future. For a buyer th...

The growth in information technology (IT) outsourcing and offshoring redefined the role of the IT manager. The IT professional today is expected to possess many skills besides technical expertise; the IT management job now includes administering contracts and managing relationships across cultures. This article describes a graduate course that was developed to help the IT professional achieve t...

supplier selection is one of the most critical activities of purchasing management in supply chain and managers increasingly face sourcing decisions of how to selected suppliers. this paper illustrates the development of a sourcing decision that provides support for the buyer firm in supply chain.the models developed here, involved selecting between single and dual sourcing. outside and local s...

This paper conducts a two-period dynamic analysis of sourcing mode choices for e-commerce projects implemented by large firms during 1999-2002. We Journat of Management tnformation Systems /Winter 2004-5, \o\. 21, No. .1. pp. 47-82. ©2OO5M.E. Shaipe. [nc. 0742-1222 / 2005 $9.50 + 0.00. 48 KISHORE, AGRAWAL. AND RAO differentiate e-commerce assets that are the focus of a sourcing decision in term...

The capacity of organizations to share knowledge is seen as a source of competitive advantage in many industries. Knowledge sourcing and knowledge reuse have been indicated as important enablers of organizational efficiency and innovation performance. Although firms may own valuable knowledge, the presence of barriers to knowledge sourcing and reuse may hinder the exploitation of such knowledge...