Purpose – Service outsourcing/offshoring represents an increasing phenomenon. Several factors (e.g. cost reduction …. Knowledge and data protection constitutes one of the most relevant issues in service outsourcing/offshoring because it can … the main risks of offshoring and outsourcing projects. Design/methodology/approach – Building on the model developed by …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a generic framework to assess and simulate outsourcing risks in the … mitigation actions together to evaluate supply chain outsourcing risk. The qualitative risk assessment will allow risk manager to … delivery outsourcing using the Milk‐Run system is adopted. Findings – With basic statistical concepts, key performance …

. Offshoring and outsourcing of manufacturing activities from Western locations to Eastern Europe and the Far East are used to …/methodology/approach – The paper is based on in‐depth literature reviews and explorative case studies – two offshoring and two outsourcing … framework. Data have been collected through in‐depth interviews with persons responsible for the offshoring and outsourcing …

outsourcing arrangements. Despite the literature highlighting the benefits of ICT usage by logistics service providers (LSPs), a …

The terms “outsourcing” and “rightsizing”, along with a third term, “downsizing”, have different meanings to different … people. Looks into these as alternatives for managers in rejuvenating organizations. Outsourcing to many managers means the …

Presents a practical and systematic overview of some key IT outsourcing contractual issues, exploring and highlighting … offer useful information to management considering IT outsourcing.  …

and a turnover of $80million. Considers the trust placed by customers in outsourcing their systems to TIC and the …

of this outsourcing of tasks is a major concern, both for the country that outsources tasks and for the country to which … tasks are outsourced. This paper discusses the labour market effects of outsourcing in the Netherlands using a survey … interviews and survey make clear that a major motive for outsourcing is to organise production in such a way that total …