Lydia Bals identifies different types of offshoring, concluding that the buy option of offshore outsourcing versus hybrid or make options is directly related to purchasing. Her in-depth analysis specifically focuses on the sourcing of marketing services. In this context, the investigations of...

Purpose The last decades have seen manufacturing and services offshoring on the rise, often motivated by low prices and without consideration of other important criteria such as additional cost measures and risk. With wages in former low-cost countries and automation/robotization increasing,...

Cover -- Editorial advisory board -- Outsourcing/offshoring insights: going beyond reshoring to rightshoring -- Global offshoring portfolio diversity and performance implications -- Direct and indirect value creation in offshored knowledge-intensive services -- Sustaining innovation of...