The IRMA Community
Newsletters
Research IRM
Click a keyword to search titles using our InfoSci-OnDemand powered search:
|
General Views of Logistics, Outsourcing, and Logistics Outsourcing
Abstract
There seem to be a definitional confusion in the management literature about what is meant by the term “outsourcing.” Several years ago, the control of the product development cycle from raw materials through delivery of product to the customer became important, and the typical examples of make or buy (internalize or externalize) and vertical integration appeared. A theoretical clarification of outsourcing, however, must essentially be grounded in an answer to the question of what is within the firm and what is outside? This chapter presents extensive literature review of definitions on logistics, outsourcing, and logistics outsourcing, as well as empirical evidence on outsourcing decisions. Nonetheless, the author believes that outsourcing must be regarded as a management strategy by which a firm hands over non-core business operations and/or services to efficient outside service specialists, in order to support the core strategy of the client organization.
Related Content
|
Zeynel Baran Yildirim, Mustafa Özuysal, Serhan Tanyel, Hilmi Evren Erdin, Mehmet Metin Mutlu, Oğuz Köse, Muhammed Alphan Kayacan.
© 2026.
72 pages.
|
|
Eren Dağlı, Metin Mutlu Aydin.
© 2026.
36 pages.
|
|
Aditya Singh.
© 2026.
46 pages.
|
|
Gökhan Güven.
© 2026.
44 pages.
|
|
Emre Ogutveren, Soner Haldenbilen.
© 2026.
46 pages.
|
|
Sara Souaini, Jamal Benhra, Salma Mouatassim.
© 2026.
24 pages.
|
|
Aye Thiri Nyunt, Brij Kotak, Ravi Chauhan, Rituraj Jain, Vedant Kesariya.
© 2026.
34 pages.
|
|
|