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Offshore Outsourcing, Strategy and the Role of Social Capital

In: The Practice of Outsourcing

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  • Joseph Rottman
  • Mary Lacity

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As evident in Chapters 5 and 14, decision makers often rationalize offshore outsourcing by comparing hourly rates for domestic and offshore workers. This approach is dangerous because it assumes domestic and offshore workers are equivalent “factors of production/” Once engaged in offshore outsourcing, senior executives are often disappointed. Many complain that offshore suppliers do not understand their business, deliver late, and produce poor quality work. In reality, the problems are not caused primarily by the supplier — they are primarily caused by the client’s naïve focus on only costs and failure to invest properly in the relationship.

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  • Joseph Rottman & Mary Lacity, 2009. "Offshore Outsourcing, Strategy and the Role of Social Capital," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Practice of Outsourcing, chapter 15, pages 445-466, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-24084-1_15
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230240841_15
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