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Outsourcing and Strategic Outsourcing

Outsourcing and Strategic Outsourcing
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Author(s): Sonia Dahab (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) and Filipe Amaral (Grupo Sumol, Portugal)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Goran D. Putnik (University of Minho, Portugal) and Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch152
ISBN13: 9781599048857
ISBN10: 159904885X
EISBN13: 9781599048864

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Abstract

The production of a good or service frequently requires that the supplier performs a wide range of activities. The coordination between those activities implies that the firm must determine its boundaries, which means that it must define the supply chain activities that will be performed internally, and those that will be trusted to external suppliers. The process of obtaining goods and services from outside suppliers, instead of developing them within the organization, is called outsourcing (Anderson & Naurus, 1991).

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