Outsourcing : design, process and performance / Michael J. Mol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mol, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contracting out.

Contracting out--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Outsourcing has become one of the key restructuring tools for companies seeking to boost their growth and business performance. As the outsourcing phenomenon has mushroomed, so a range of academic studies have sought to define and describe a unifying theoretical model. Outsourcing: Design, Process and Performance draws upon managerial, economic, sociological, historical and psychological perspectives to bring about an understanding of how outsourcing design and the outsourcing process feed into the performance of firms. Blending empirical insights from a range of international cases and large-scale statistical tests with existing theoretical perspectives, the author argues that a negative curvilinear relationship exists between outsourcing and firm performance. A critical analysis of current outsourcing strategies, together with a discussion of future trends, offers a new agenda for academic researchers and business managers alike.

Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

List of boxes

Acknowledgments

Outsourcing

What we know about outsourcing

A new perspective

The outsourcing process

Shifting the curve

Shifts of the curve

Managing outsourcing

Outsourcing research agenda

Future trends and conclusions

Appendix

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-209) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81059-6

1-107-31667-7

1-107-32206-5

1-107-31763-0

0-511-62154-X

1-299-31888-6

1-107-31571-9

OCLC:

776969678