useful to both industry practitioners and academics. With this, the book first emphasizes the road to outsourcing 4.0 by … providing updated information and perspectives on these trends, given that outsourcing has evolved significantly over the years … learning are changing the way outsourcing is done. In addition, the book also explores new models such as third-party logistics …

both crucial for the emergence of outsourcing. The supplier purposefully avoids industry pro.t maximization to enlarge its …

-agent hires the sub-agent (outsourcing). We show that insourcing is always optimal when the principal can perfectly process the … prime-agent's report. When the principal's information process is limited, however, outsourcing can be the prevailing mode … no possibility of collusion arises with outsourcing. …

firm-specific input suppliers when the final goods producers undertake complete outsourcing or bi-sourcing. Under complete … outsourcing, the final goods producers locate closer as the distance between the input suppliers decreases, but the distance … the final goods producers, and creates effects which are opposite to those under complete outsourcing. Thus, our results …

Outsourcing knowledge and innovation activities offer cost savings and superior performance, but can also put a firm …’s unique resources and capabilities at risk. Characterizations of outsourcing as a make-or-buy decision do not fit well with … decisions on knowledge process outsourcing (KPO). KPO is a make-or-ally decision, as firms seek a governance structure that will …

We explore offshore outsourcing through the lenses of Catholic Social Teaching (CST). First, we review the outcomes of … the 30-year debate in business ethics on issues related to offshore outsourcing. We then cluster authors into two groups …