The role of stakeholder frameworks in the success of business and society has recently become a crucial area of academic research. The purpose of this paper is to show the close compatibility between relatively strong banking industries and the values of stakeholder systems. Since the late...

Locating one or more components of the value chain offshore is now a common element of the global strategy of many firms. Strategic motives include cost reduction, enhancing efficiency, leveraging of competence-based advantages, geographic expansion and speed to market. However, there is little...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how three key dimensions of a firm’s offshoring portfolio – location diversity, functional diversity and governance mode – affect the financial and innovation outcomes of offshoring. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate the...