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Outsourcing: Why And Why Not?

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  • Alina-Cristina BACEA
  • Anca BORZA

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The objective of this work is to provide the basic vocabulary for understanding the outsourcing concepts and to emphasize the main advantages and disadvantages of this strategy, that were highlighted in the literature by researchers, in the last decade. These characteristcs are analysed and then grouped under certain categories for a better understanding of the outsourcing implications. The result will be an organized framework that describes outsourcing from different perspectives and could be used as a milestone for a in-depth research in the field.

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  • Alina-Cristina BACEA & Anca BORZA, 2015. "Outsourcing: Why And Why Not?," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 9(1), pages 13-20, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mancon:v:9:y:2015:i:1:p:13-20
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