Fragmentation of production into more and more complex supply chains is a prominent feature of globalisation. It implies that transaction costs as part of total costs of ownership carry a large weight in procurement decisions. An analysis of the various types of transaction costs is also...

In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain issplit up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to thoseplaces in the world where production is relatively cheapest and most efficient. Itimplies that transaction costs,...

In dem vorliegenden Beitrag werden aus der Transaktionskostentheorie, der "Resource-basedTheory" und der "Power Theory" Determinanten des Outsourcing der IV abgeleitet und zueinem theoretischen Bezugsrahmen zusammengefasst. Dieser wird anhand von 34 mittelständischenUnternehmen einem Test...