Purpose – Most debates concerning outsourcing offshore in recent years have been politically oriented and based on … offshoring in the context of globalization and in a more integrated world economy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is … designed in a coherent way to provide the reader with an overview, scope, benefits, and costs of outsourcing offshore and …

Purpose – Recent trends of outsourcing in global competition make the firms vulnerable to operational risks. The …/value – The paper highlights the tension between outsourcing trend in pursuit of competitive advantage and risk exposure to …

value dimensions, into a cohesive framework of “total value orientation” (TVO) for strategic outsourcing decisions …, juxtaposed with their respective antecedents/outcomes. Findings – This research paper models the strategic outsourcing process as … blending the three perspectives of shared value, respectively, outsourcing service‐provider value, client firm value, and …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the magnitude of job offshoring and … business activities. Design/methodology/approach – Previous studies on job offshoring were restricted in descriptive and … job offshoring from an organizational contingency perspective. Findings – The results indicate that larger and …

Purpose – With competitive pressures increasing, outsourcing has become a common phenomenon in today's global economy … to investigate the usage of IT outsourcing in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical research is used to …‐making process for outsourcing IT function, and its impact on the organization. Findings – Results based on the analysis of data …

and ambitious ones. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discusses the arguments and counter‐arguments on outsourcing …

Purpose – To draw attention to a particular outsourcing risk that has not yet been adequately addressed in the …. Originality/value – A critique of the outsourcing literature and a warning to managers to be aware of the risk of information …

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the need to balance selflessness and self‐interest issues in outsourcing decisions …. This discussion is timely given the tensions that currently exist between those who want off‐shore outsourcing to continue …‐making with respect to off‐shore outsourcing. Findings – Considerations of selflessness and self‐interest are embedded in …

monopoly businesses do not always find it easy to make the required improvements, and some are outsourcing the functions to … private service providers. Outsourcing is a fairly new phenomenon in electricity distribution, however, and there are few … case involving outsourcing the underground cabling functions of a publicly‐owned network company to a private service …