Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal: Volume 9 Issue 3

Servitization in contract manufacturing – evidence from Polar business cases

Esa Viitamo, Seppo Luoto, Timo Seppälä

This paper aims to contribute to the scholarly debate on the origins and nature of industrial servitization. By resorting to contract manufacturing (CM) as an empirical case, it…

ISO 37500 – Comparing outsourcing life-cycle models

Ron Babin, Adrian Quayle

This paper aims to illustrate the value of the outsourcing life cycle, as described in several industry models, including ISO 37500.

Local industry technological capability development using outsourcing opportunities

Ameha Mulugeta Gewe, Birhanu Beshah Abebe, Daniel Kitaw Azene, Fitsum Getachew Bayu

Technological outsourcing requires possessing the technological capability level by enterprises taking the outsourced activity and further mandates build-up capabilities. Small…

An exploratory study on the impact of recruitment process outsourcing on employer branding of an organisation

Hasan Gilani, Shabana Jamshed

This paper aims to focus on “Recruitment Process Outsourcing” (RPO) as a key element of improvement in corporate brand of organisation through using the talent and capabilities of…

Determinants of ICT outsourcing among the locally-owned manufacturers in Malaysia

Ching Seng Yap, Yet Mee Lim, Farah Waheeda Jalaludin, Teck Heang Lee

This paper aims to examine the level of information and communication technology (ICT) outsourcing and its determinants in the Malaysian locally owned manufacturing firms. Drawing…