Motivated by the recent trend of onshoring/backshoring, this paper studies a two-stage sourcing game where competing firms may choose between sourcing internationally (call this efficient sourcing strategy due to low production cost) and sourcing domestically (call this responsive sourcing strategy due to short lead time). We first characterize the equilibrium of the sourcing game. Then we exam...

The wide range of products and services that are being sourced today has made the company’s procurement organization an increasingly important function. The complexities of managing sourcing options is greater than ever making the procurement function critical for overcoming an increasingly global, complex and uncertain sourcing environment. This paper discusses an overview of relevant sourcing...

Although information technology (IT) outsourcing is widely applied by companies and has been intensively researched, there has been little scientific research on the differences in singleversus multi-sourcing constellations. Furthermore, linear extension of single-sourcing to multi-sourcing is limited, despite the fact that companies utilize multi-sourcing more frequently in recent times. This ...

This paper addresses the issue of understanding the strategic sourcing decision making process in a supply chain environment. A case study of an automotive company was used to analyse the decision making process under different sourcing scenarios. A strategic sourcing assessment was conducted to analyse the consequences of different strategies when sourcing an activity or a product. The assessm...

Being inclusive across cultural and ethnic differences continues to be an important and topical challenge for public services in European societies that host large immigrant communities and that are facing new immigration flows. Concurrently, welfare states are changing, and often, as in the Netherlands, a more active role for citizens as well as partnerships between government, professional ex...

Motivated by the recent backshoring trend, this paper studies a sourcing game where competing firms may choose between efficient sourcing (e.g., sourcing from overseas) and responsive sourcing (e.g., sourcing from home country). Efficient sourcing usually provides a cost advantage, while responsive sourcing allows a firm to obtain more accurate demand information when making procurement decisio...

We analyze the sourcing decision of a buyer choosing between two supplier types: responsible suppliers are costly but adhere to strict social and environmental responsibility standards, while risky suppliers are less expensive but may experience responsibility violations. A segment of the consumer population, called socially conscious, is willing to pay a higher price for a product sourced from...

As Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) moves offshore and now includes Information Systems (IS) Processes, there is a need to consider a combination of the two. This article explores the factors that a multinational organisation considered when it “offshored” its IS business processes to lower-cost destinations. It focuses on determining the driving factors and challenges faced during the offsho...

This chapter describes the fundamental principles and the underlying theories of sourcing strategies. The authors describe a preliminary service-dominant logic model of outsourcing service using the sourcing theories for successful outsourcing in conjunction with a framework for sourcing innovation. The authors conclude the chapter with a review of some case examples of sourcing strategies.

In this paper we empirically examine a new global phenomenon online sourcing – with a quantitative research method. The rise of online sourcing not only boosts the emergence of several new business models in current digitalized economy, but also will fundamentally change the way work is done. Thus, gaining a deep understanding of the adoption of online sourcing becomes particularly important. D...