TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Many manufacturing firms (e.g. Apple and Nike) now outsource some or all of their manufacturing activities to independent suppliers rather than continuing to undertake them in-house. Clearly these firms perceive this externalisation of production to be a performance-enhancing strategy, but what are the performance consequences in practice? In this chapter, we review and critique the extant academic literature on the performance consequences of manufacturing outsourcing, and note that the empirical findings have yielded mixed results. We argue that outsourcing has potential impacts upon a number of ‘performance’ outcomes, including inter alia financial performance, productivity/efficiency, sales/market share, costs of production, business performance and innovation. We further argue that many of the empirical studies have flawed designs, and make a series of methodological recommendations to guide future empirical work.
VL  - 30
SN  - 978-1-78743-071-6, 978-1-78743-072-3/1571-5027
DO  - 10.1108/S1571-502720170000030009
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720170000030009
AU  - Strange Roger
AU  - Magnani Giovanna
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - The Performance Consequences of Manufacturing Outsourcing: Review and Recommendations for Future Research
T2  - Breaking up the Global Value Chain
T3  - Advances in International Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 217
EP  - 244
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -