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Public sector accountability and commercial‐in‐confidence outsourcing contracts

Barton, Allan D. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 19 (2006) 2, pp. 256-271

sector, and how the use of outsourcing activities on a commercial‐in‐confidence basis negates the accountability requirement … and can lead to inefficiency. This thereby negates the major benefit claimed for outsourcing. Design … consequences of commercial‐in‐confidence outsourcing. Findings – The postulated consequences are confirmed by the case study …

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Managing cooperation, coordination, and legitimacy : Control of contracted public services

Johansson, Tobias; Siverbo, Sven; Camén, Carolina - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 29 (2016) 6, pp. 1012-1037

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to create knowledge about what factors explain the design of control systems for contracted public services. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data analyzed with structural equation models. Findings – Legitimacy-seeking is the most important...

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Influence of cognition on product component country of origin evaluation

Karunaratna, Amal R.; Quester, Pascale G. - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 19 (2007) 4, pp. 349-362

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how need for cognition (NFC), a personality trait, influenced the way consumers used information about product components in forming overall evaluations of motor vehicles. Design/methodology/approach – The study used interviews from a...

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3PLSP scale for co‐operative dairies in Indian context

Shah, Tejas R.; Sharma, Mahendra - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 24 (2012) 3, pp. 515-532

‐operative dairies of countries other than India. The scale can also be tested where outsourcing of logistics activities is done at … to identify important benefits to consider in outsourcing operational function of logistics management to 3PLSPs in co …

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Outsourcing maintenance in complex process industries : Managing firm capabilities in lock-in effect

Maley, Jane F.; Kowalkowski, Christian; Brege, Staffan; … - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 27 (2015) 5, pp. 801-825

empirical findings, the authors comment on the strength and weaknesses of the different outsourcing and attempt to find …

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Internal audit outsourcing practice and rationales: SME evidence from New Zealand

Van Peursem, Karen; Jiang, Lehan - In: Asian Review of Accounting 16 (2008) 3, pp. 219-245

Purpose – This study seeks to examine practices in, and rationales for, internal audit outsourcing in New Zealand (NZ … and rationales for internal audit outsourcing found within the NZ corporate sector. …

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Change management framework to enable sustainable outsourcing of facilities management services

Sridarran, Pournima; Fernando, Nirodha Gayani - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 6 (2016) 3, pp. 317-331

Purpose – In this present globalised era, outsourcing has become a very popular and much sought after procurement … services free of disruptions. However, outsourcing can bring about changes in working patterns, organisational culture and … importance of change management to enable sustainable outsourcing of FM services. Design/methodology/approach – Within commercial …

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Succeeding with sourcing of competencies in technology‐intensive industries

Drejer, Anders; Sørensen, Steffen - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 9 (2002) 4, pp. 388-408

To avoid finishing last in a competitive race which requires its participants to master a range of things all at one time, more and more corporations are deciding to outsource subordinate aspects or competencies, thereby focusing their strategic spotlight on aspects more central to their...

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Consequences of outsourcing for organizational capabilities : Some experiences from best practice

Agndal, Henrik; Nordin, Fredrik - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 16 (2009) 3, pp. 316-334

Purpose – The research on effects of outsourcing tends to focus on financial effects and effects at a country level …. These are not the only consequences of outsourcing, though. When firms outsource functions previously performed in …‐financial consequences are poorly addressed in the literature, even though they may explain financial effects of outsourcing. Therefore, the …

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An exploratory study of outsourcing 3PL services: an Australian perspective

Rahman, Shams - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 18 (2011) 3, pp. 342-358

Purpose – Over the last two decades, a large number of studies have been conducted in the field of outsourcing third … outsourced by Australian firms. Specifically, it investigates the motivation for outsourcing, the average length of 3PL contracts …, types of logistics services used and the impact of the use of outsourcing logistics services on customer satisfaction …

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