Outsourcing and insourcing of organizational activities: the role of
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Outsourcing and insourcing of organizational activities: the role of
Capturing the dynamics of outsourcing and insourcing over time requires an analysis of multiple, sequential episodes of strategy change, which is not the goal of our study. 4. Services provided by private for profit, private non-profit, franchise concessions, and subsidies represent 78.9%, 11.6%, 6.6%, and 2.9% of outsourcing observations ...
PDF A Model for Enterprise Sourcing Strategy Evaluation
The thesis topic will focus on the influence for the post sourcing enterprises, the discussion will cover the strategies making process as well as the change ... scenarios for sourcing, meanwhile, it concludes that besides outsourcing and insourcing, there is another option, which is defined as comprehensive sourcing. Fivth chapter
Performance implications of outsourcing: A meta-analysis
Finally, core outsourcing may entail higher complexities in bringing back in-house (if needed) the outsourced activities, resulting in increased internal costs. This bringing back and re-integrating activities is known as insourcing (Bals et al., 2016, Foerstl et al., 2016). In comparison, successful insourcing of non-core activities is ...
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Warner and Hefetz's (2012) study of outsourcing and insourcing in U.S. local governments in the 2002-2007 period finds that the rate of insourcing is approximately equal to the rate of new outsourcing. Similar to outsourcing, we consider insourcing as a strategic decision intended to enhance the conduct and outcomes of public organizations.
Uncovering the nature of the relationship between outsourcing
However, other studies tend to view an outsourcing decision as a choice among only three options: selective outsourcing, total outsourcing and total insourcing (e.g. Dahlberg, Nyrhinen, & Santonen, 2006; Lee, Miranda, & Kim, 2004). We believe that such an oversimplification of the outsourcing arrangement prevents us from fully understanding how ...
PDF Case Study: the Benefits and Challenges of Insourcing in A ...
The thesis presents outsourcing and insourcing strategies, from the make or buy perspective. The chosen presented strategies from different authors all deal with the make or buy process (to insource or not) with some variations in content, process flow and impacting factors. The make or buy process is compared through the lens of transaction ...
Outsourcing and insourcing of organizational activities: the role of
ABSTRACT The decision to outsource organizational activities is studied widely, but research on the insourcing of outsourced activities is scarce. We study the outsourcing decision as a process, and investigate the influences of organizational mechanisms on its sustainability. We argue that organizational learning from the outsourcing decision process could over time result in competencies ...
PDF Offshoring and Outsourcing Under Demand Uncertainty -a Supply Chain
offshore outsourcing include a broad variety of different risks and questions that need to be identified and discussed; history has proved that nearly half of the outsourcing-insourcing operations have ended in failure. (Schniederjans 2005, xix.) Offshoring and offshore outsourcing have been practiced because they have given
IN-SOURCING
INSOURCING - TURNING THE TIDE ON OUTSOURCING By Erika Altmann In part fulfilment of the requirements for MASTER IN CONTRACTING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Faculty of Business & Law VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2006 Declaration of Originality I certify that this thesis contains no material which has been accepted for an award, or any other degree or diploma in any institute, college or ...
PDF Insourcing after outsourcing
Insourcing after outsourcing A study of the opportunities and challenges in the insourcing process Authors: Jennifer Täfvander Camilla Ödling ... The thesis will begin with an overview of the subject and an explanation of why the research topic was chosen for a degree project. Furthermore, the thesis was written on
Effective Strategies for Managing the Outsourcing of Information Technology
outsourcing face additional challenges, including language barriers, cultural differences, corruption, and harsh government and foreign policies (Denning, 2013b; Osadchyy & Webber, 2016). This is an issue because more than 50% of Fortune 500 company business leaders are outsourcing IT offshore to India (Javalgi, Joseph, Granot, & Gross, 2013).
PDF Re ections on the outsourcing decision-making process and the use of
A retrospective on management accounting™s role in strategic outsourcing decision-making Chapter 2 75 The outsourcing decision-making process: Two extensions to the management accounting and strategy toolkit Chapter 3 128 The impact of outsourcing on investments in -rm-speci-c human capital under di⁄erent contract regimes i
PDF A thesis submitted to Anglo-American University for the degree of M.A
2.1. From the "Make" decision, insourcing, to the "Buy", outsourcing Outsourcing is defined by Vaxevanoua and Konstantopoulosa (2015) as "the process of creating and managing a contractual relationship with an external vendor for the supply of skills that used to be provided by the firm's internal services in the past" (pg. 568).
THE IMPACTS OF OUTSOURCING GLOBALLY
Hypothesis 1: Countries with higher GDP is result of increase in Outsourcing. Hypothesis 2: Globally employment services will increase due to outsourcing. Hypothesis 3: Productivity increases due ...
PDF Organizational Decision-Making in Purchasing Outsourcing Services
Organizational decision-making in the outsourcing context consists on three decision points: (1) Decision on outsourcing or insourcing, (2) decision on an outsourcing mode and (3) decision on an outsourcing service provider. Decisions were made at the same time and the decision points were dependent on each other.
Information Systems Outsourcing Decision Making: A Framework
This paper reports on research into information systems (IS) outsourcing decisions and their consequences. A descriptional framework was used to describe systematically different types of outsourcing. A theoretical foundation for the IS outsourcing decision was derived from established organizational theories.
Supply Chain Frontiers #59 :: Outsource versus Insource Decisions Made
It was found that product quality is the most important determinant for infant nutrition businesses when weighing the merits of outsourcing and insourcing. After further analysis, the researchers categorized the factors in three classes based on the strength of association with the level of outsourcing.
Challenges and practices identification in complex outsourcing
Good relationships and carefully drafted contracts have a significant impact on outsourcing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive guidance in this area, specifically in the context of complex outsourcing relationships, due to the dearth of studies described in the literature [].Outsourcing has become more complex and diversified as a result of the expansion of numerous actors connected ...
PDF A Literature Review on Outsourcing of Services in Universities
outsourcing include human resource management, financial aid, billing and collection, legal services, endowment fund management, and payroll. Outsourcing can be defined as turning over all or part of an organizational activity to an outside vendor (Baitheiemy, 2003).The term outsourcing covers many areas, manufacturing as well as services.
Outsourcing vs. Insourcing: What's the Difference?
Outsourcing is the process of hiring an outside organization that is not affiliated with the company to complete specific tasks. Insourcing, on the other hand, is a business practice performed ...
Outsourcing and insourcing of organizational activities: the role of
Overall, the results generally support our study's main thesis—that organizational mechanisms for effective management of outsourcing process could affect the intensity of insourcing. More specifically, our findings suggest that (1) while the decentralization of decision-making might influence outsourcing decisions, it might not have a ...
Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Offshore outsourcing'
Purpose - The purpose with this thesis is to investigate what lies behind small firm's strategies not to use offshore outsourcing. Frame of References - A strategy is to position the firm in its competitive market. The firm has to defend their position in their market to stay competitive. Overall cost leadership and differentiation are ...
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(PDF) Outsourcing and insourcing of organizational activities
Capturing the dynamics of outsourcing and insourcing over time requires an analysis of multiple, sequential episodes of strategy change, which is not the goal of our study. 4. Services provided by private for profit, private non-profit, franchise concessions, and subsidies represent 78.9%, 11.6%, 6.6%, and 2.9% of outsourcing observations ...
The thesis topic will focus on the influence for the post sourcing enterprises, the discussion will cover the strategies making process as well as the change ... scenarios for sourcing, meanwhile, it concludes that besides outsourcing and insourcing, there is another option, which is defined as comprehensive sourcing. Fivth chapter
Finally, core outsourcing may entail higher complexities in bringing back in-house (if needed) the outsourced activities, resulting in increased internal costs. This bringing back and re-integrating activities is known as insourcing (Bals et al., 2016, Foerstl et al., 2016). In comparison, successful insourcing of non-core activities is ...
Warner and Hefetz's (2012) study of outsourcing and insourcing in U.S. local governments in the 2002-2007 period finds that the rate of insourcing is approximately equal to the rate of new outsourcing. Similar to outsourcing, we consider insourcing as a strategic decision intended to enhance the conduct and outcomes of public organizations.
However, other studies tend to view an outsourcing decision as a choice among only three options: selective outsourcing, total outsourcing and total insourcing (e.g. Dahlberg, Nyrhinen, & Santonen, 2006; Lee, Miranda, & Kim, 2004). We believe that such an oversimplification of the outsourcing arrangement prevents us from fully understanding how ...
The thesis presents outsourcing and insourcing strategies, from the make or buy perspective. The chosen presented strategies from different authors all deal with the make or buy process (to insource or not) with some variations in content, process flow and impacting factors. The make or buy process is compared through the lens of transaction ...
ABSTRACT The decision to outsource organizational activities is studied widely, but research on the insourcing of outsourced activities is scarce. We study the outsourcing decision as a process, and investigate the influences of organizational mechanisms on its sustainability. We argue that organizational learning from the outsourcing decision process could over time result in competencies ...
offshore outsourcing include a broad variety of different risks and questions that need to be identified and discussed; history has proved that nearly half of the outsourcing-insourcing operations have ended in failure. (Schniederjans 2005, xix.) Offshoring and offshore outsourcing have been practiced because they have given
INSOURCING - TURNING THE TIDE ON OUTSOURCING By Erika Altmann In part fulfilment of the requirements for MASTER IN CONTRACTING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Faculty of Business & Law VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2006 Declaration of Originality I certify that this thesis contains no material which has been accepted for an award, or any other degree or diploma in any institute, college or ...
Insourcing after outsourcing A study of the opportunities and challenges in the insourcing process Authors: Jennifer Täfvander Camilla Ödling ... The thesis will begin with an overview of the subject and an explanation of why the research topic was chosen for a degree project. Furthermore, the thesis was written on
outsourcing face additional challenges, including language barriers, cultural differences, corruption, and harsh government and foreign policies (Denning, 2013b; Osadchyy & Webber, 2016). This is an issue because more than 50% of Fortune 500 company business leaders are outsourcing IT offshore to India (Javalgi, Joseph, Granot, & Gross, 2013).
A retrospective on management accounting™s role in strategic outsourcing decision-making Chapter 2 75 The outsourcing decision-making process: Two extensions to the management accounting and strategy toolkit Chapter 3 128 The impact of outsourcing on investments in -rm-speci-c human capital under di⁄erent contract regimes i
2.1. From the "Make" decision, insourcing, to the "Buy", outsourcing Outsourcing is defined by Vaxevanoua and Konstantopoulosa (2015) as "the process of creating and managing a contractual relationship with an external vendor for the supply of skills that used to be provided by the firm's internal services in the past" (pg. 568).
Hypothesis 1: Countries with higher GDP is result of increase in Outsourcing. Hypothesis 2: Globally employment services will increase due to outsourcing. Hypothesis 3: Productivity increases due ...
Organizational decision-making in the outsourcing context consists on three decision points: (1) Decision on outsourcing or insourcing, (2) decision on an outsourcing mode and (3) decision on an outsourcing service provider. Decisions were made at the same time and the decision points were dependent on each other.
This paper reports on research into information systems (IS) outsourcing decisions and their consequences. A descriptional framework was used to describe systematically different types of outsourcing. A theoretical foundation for the IS outsourcing decision was derived from established organizational theories.
It was found that product quality is the most important determinant for infant nutrition businesses when weighing the merits of outsourcing and insourcing. After further analysis, the researchers categorized the factors in three classes based on the strength of association with the level of outsourcing.
Good relationships and carefully drafted contracts have a significant impact on outsourcing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive guidance in this area, specifically in the context of complex outsourcing relationships, due to the dearth of studies described in the literature [].Outsourcing has become more complex and diversified as a result of the expansion of numerous actors connected ...
outsourcing include human resource management, financial aid, billing and collection, legal services, endowment fund management, and payroll. Outsourcing can be defined as turning over all or part of an organizational activity to an outside vendor (Baitheiemy, 2003).The term outsourcing covers many areas, manufacturing as well as services.
Outsourcing is the process of hiring an outside organization that is not affiliated with the company to complete specific tasks. Insourcing, on the other hand, is a business practice performed ...
Overall, the results generally support our study's main thesis—that organizational mechanisms for effective management of outsourcing process could affect the intensity of insourcing. More specifically, our findings suggest that (1) while the decentralization of decision-making might influence outsourcing decisions, it might not have a ...
Purpose - The purpose with this thesis is to investigate what lies behind small firm's strategies not to use offshore outsourcing. Frame of References - A strategy is to position the firm in its competitive market. The firm has to defend their position in their market to stay competitive. Overall cost leadership and differentiation are ...