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Learning Paths to Offshore Outsourcing: From Cost Reduction to Knowledge Seeking

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Peter Maskell
Torben Pedersen
Bent Petersen
Jens Dick-Nielsen
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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.

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Volume (Year): 14 (2007)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
Pages: 239-257
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Keywords: Offshore outsourcing cost reduction innovation experiential learning low-cost countries

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