Outsourcing manufacturing and services to differing locations throughout the world is a common practice today. Yet, very little research has dealt with the known risks of outsourcing when it takes place between business organizations in differing countries or in an international context. This...

Introduction to outsourcing-insourcing -- Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing-insourcing -- Outsourcing-insourcing in an international context -- Planning international outsourcing-insourcing -- International outsourcing-insourcing metrics-based methodologies -- Financial methodologies...

Introduction to lean and supply chain management -- Lean -- Supply chains -- The nexus of lean and supply chain management -- Topics in lean supply chain management -- Topics in lean supply chain leadership -- Strategic customer value focus in supply chain management -- Topics in aligning lean...

"This book balances the positive outcomes of outsourcing, which have made it a popular management strategy with the negative to provide a more inclusive decision; it explores risk factors that have not yet been widely associated with this strategy. It focuses on the conceptual "what", "why", and...

Designed for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses in strategic management and other courses, this text focuses on concepts, processes, and methodologies for firms involved in outsourcing-insourcing decisions. It covers the international risk factors of this strategy, presenting a view...