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Outsourcing: Pros and cons

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  • Weidenbaum, Murray, 2005. "Outsourcing: Pros and cons," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 48(4), pages 311-315.
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    1. Catherine L. Mann, 2003. "Globalization of IT Services and White Collar Jobs: The Next Wave of Productivity Growth," Policy Briefs PB03-11, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    2. Adam S. Ratner & Thomas F. Siems, 2003. "Beyond the border: Do what you do best, outsource the rest?," Southwest Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, issue Nov, pages 13-14-.
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    2. Kebing Chen & Tiaojun Xiao, 2015. "Production planning and backup sourcing strategy of a buyer-dominant supply chain with random yield and demand," International Journal of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(15), pages 2799-2817, November.
    3. Fabian Dekker & Ferry Koster, 2018. "Outsourcing in 18 European countries: The role of worker power," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 39(3), pages 481-499, August.
    4. Gunasekaran, Angappa & Irani, Zahir & Choy, King-Lun & Filippi, Lionel & Papadopoulos, Thanos, 2015. "Performance measures and metrics in outsourcing decisions: A review for research and applications," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 153-166.
    5. Anil Arya & Brian Mittendorf & David E. M. Sappington, 2008. "The Make-or-Buy Decision in the Presence of a Rival: Strategic Outsourcing to a Common Supplier," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 54(10), pages 1747-1758, October.
    6. Lim, Wei Shi & Tan, Soo Jiuan, 2010. "Outsourcing suppliers as downstream competitors: Biting the hand that feeds," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 203(2), pages 360-369, June.
    7. Varadarajan, Rajan, 2009. "Outsourcing: Think more expansively," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 62(11), pages 1165-1172, November.
    8. Chen, Kebing & Xiao, Tiaojun, 2015. "Outsourcing strategy and production disruption of supply chain with demand and capacity allocation uncertainties," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(PA), pages 243-257.
    9. Dharma Kwon, H. & Lippman, Steven A. & Tang, Christopher S., 2011. "Sourcing decisions of project tasks with exponential completion times: Impact on operating profits," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 134(1), pages 138-150, November.
    10. Kenyon, G.N. & Meixell, M.J. & Westfall, P.H., 2016. "Production outsourcing and operational performance: An empirical study using secondary data," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(P3), pages 336-349.
    11. Mohammed Haoues & Toufik Bentrcia & Mohammed Dahane, 2025. "An integrated production and preventive maintenance planning model with quality control of outsourced products, return and backordering," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 1-68, December.
    12. Kedia, Ben L. & Lahiri, Somnath, 2007. "International outsourcing of services: A partnership model," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 13(1), pages 22-37, March.
    13. Ali Asghar Pourezzat & Nader Seyed Kalali & Ghazaleh Taheri Attar, 2012. "Analyzing the Consequences of Bad Outsourcing on Human Resources in Iranian Public Organizations," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 4(2), pages 64-71.
    14. Tjader, Youxu Cai & Shang, Jennifer S. & Vargas, Luis G., 2010. "Offshore outsourcing decision making: A policy-maker's perspective," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 207(1), pages 434-444, November.
    15. Lahiri, Somnath & Kedia, Ben L., 2011. "Co-evolution of institutional and organizational factors in explaining offshore outsourcing," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 252-263, June.

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