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Not Yet Modern? Longitudinal Organizing Capabilities of Offshoring Enterprises

In: Positive and Negative Aspects of Outsourcing

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  • Christian Koch
  • Claus Jorgensen

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While offshoring is well covered in literature, its organizational aspect and long-term development are not known. This chapter seeks to remedy this. Reviewing longitudinal offshoring studies discloses diverging findings. A range of activities has been offshored. The framework for organizing capabilities includes functions, tools, management/leadership and boundary spanners. A four-phase linear model of long-term offshoring is proposed, encompassing transfer, resource searches, transformation and development. Four case studies of offshoring organization were made: one longitudinal process is described. Their development paths differ, they do not go beyond transformation; two revert to backshoring; three do captive arrangements. Two employ project organization. They do not follow a modern pattern of linear progression.

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  • Christian Koch & Claus Jorgensen, 2018. "Not Yet Modern? Longitudinal Organizing Capabilities of Offshoring Enterprises," Chapters, in: Mario Franco (ed.), Positive and Negative Aspects of Outsourcing, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:135384
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.72884
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    offshoring; longitudinal; organizing; capabilities;
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    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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