Learning Paths to Offshore Outsourcing

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author	Maskell, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Pedersen, Torben
dc.contributor.author	Petersen, Bent
dc.contributor.author	Dick-Nielsen, Jens
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-20
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-20T09:30:25Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-20T09:30:25Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-20
dc.identifier.isbn	8778731836
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7885
dc.description.abstract	A corporation’s offshore outsourcing may be seen as the result of a discrete, strategic decision taken in response to an increasing pressure from worldwide competition. However, empirical evidence of a representative cross-sector sample of international Danish firms indicates that offshore sourcing in low-cost countries is best described as a learning-by-doing process in which the offshore outsourcing of a corporation goes through a sequence of stages towards sourcing for innovation. Initially, a corporation’s outsourcing is driven by a desire for cost minimization. Over a period of time the outsourcing experience lessens the cognitive limitations of decision-makers as to the advantages that can be achieved through outsourcing in low-cost countries: the insourcer/vendor may not only offer cost advantages, but also quality improvement and innovation. The quality improvements that offshore outsourcing may bring about evoke a realization in the corporation that even innovative processes can be outsourced.	en_US
dc.format.extent	24 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	DRUID	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DRUID Working Paper;05-17
dc.title	Learning Paths to Offshore Outsourcing	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt09aug20 liga	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	DRUID	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	DRUID	en_US
dc.idnumber	8778731836	en_US
dc.publisher.city	Frederiksberg	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2005	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	From Cost Reduction to Knowledge Seeking	en_US