Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing: Volume 12 Issue 3

Understanding the usage patterns, practices and decision process of third party logistics outsourcing in Bangladesh

Nasrin Akter, Prem Chhetri, Shams Rahman

Bangladesh is becoming one of the emerging destinations for global outsourcing. However, little is known about the usage patterns of third party logistics (3PL) outsourced…

IS outsourcing satisfaction and the IS managers’ job

Reyes Gonzalez, Jose Gasco, Juan Llopis

This paper aims to examine information system (IS) outsourcing success through the satisfaction achieved therewith. It simultaneously analyzes how IS outsourcing may influence the…

Sustainable value chain practice adoption to improve strategic environmentalism in ICT-based industries

Bokolo Anthony Jnr

This paper aims to investigate the current value chain activities grounded on Porter’s value chain theory and to examine the drivers of strategic environmentalism that influence…

Exploring the effect of internal and external integration on the performance of professional service outsourcing

Zuoming Liu, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman

This paper aims to investigate how the professional service outsourcing (PSO) firm’s external knowledge integration with global clients, internal integration across various…

Supplier value creation configurations in high-cost countries

Poul Houman Andersen, Ina Drejer, Christian R. Østergaard, Peder Veng Søberg, Brian Vejrum Wæhrens

This paper aims to explore value creation configurations pursued by suppliers in high-cost countries. The proposed value creation configuration approaches are seen as means for…

Does sustainability matter for reshoring strategies? A literature review

Luciano Fratocchi, Cristina Di Stefano

Production activities affect environmental and social pillars of firm’s sustainability. Therefore, decisions regarding where products are manufactured have a tremendous impact on…