Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal: Volume 1 Issue 3

Setting the outsourcing research agenda: the top‐10 most urgent outsourcing areas

Marco Busi, Ronan McIvor

To close the inaugural volume of Strategic Outsourcing, an International Journal (SOIJ), this paper's objective is to suggest a research agenda for outsourcing related studies…

The knowledge dimension of manufacturing transfers: A method for identifying hidden knowledge

Erik S. Madsen, Jens O. Riis, Brian V. Waehrens

In the context of transferring manufacturing knowledge to new locations, whether this is to parties inside or outside the legal boundary of a firm, a key problem remains, that it…

Towards a developing country firm perspective on outsourcing

Michael W. Hansen, Henrik Schaumburg‐Müller, Eugene Pottenger

While the implications of outsourcing have been extensively studied from the point of view of the developed country multinational corporation (MNC) and its home economy, far less…

Dimensions of change in make or buy decision processes

Anna Moses, Pär Åhlström

The purpose of this paper is to determine the dimensions along which make or buy decision processes change over time.

Proactive supply risk management methods for building a robust supply selection process when sourcing from emerging markets

Xiaohong Li, Ian Barnes

This paper aims to identify proactive supply risk management methods which can be used to reduce or remove risk sources during the supplier selection process, in the context of…

Make‐or‐buy: a case study at an Indian automobile company

Sheshadri Vyankatrao Kulkarni, Mamata Jenamani

This paper aims to present a strategic framework for make‐or‐buy (MoB) decision‐making process and a case study based on the framework. This framework can be applied to all the…

The neglected dimension in strategic sourcing: security

Kevin C. Desouza

The purpose of this paper is to focus on a neglected dimension in strategic sourcing – security.

Note from the publisher

Vicky Williams