Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Companies are reassessing outsourcing strategies in response to heightened competition, including COVID-19 impact. They are seeking ways to optimize competitive advantage through outsourcing while addressing concerns about dependence on suppliers. Our research reveals that industries that utilize outsourcing often do so to enhance their productivity levels, tapping into the productivity of supplier industries. The outsourcing rate plays a critical role in the client industry's capacity to focus on its core and essential activities and shield them from the influence of the supplier industry. In scenarios of low outsourcing rates, client industries typically engage in outsourcing when faced with low competition,
Source: Journal of Management Sciences
Authors: Arabi Chatmi, Karim Elasri, Bernard Guilhon
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4412663987