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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453399603321

Autore

Bals Lydia

Titolo

Sourcing of services [[electronic resource] ] : international aspects and complex categories / / Lydia Bals. With a foreword by Christopher Jahns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden, : Gabler, 2008

ISBN

3-8349-8146-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Einkauf, Logistik und Supply Chain Management

Disciplina

658.4058

Soggetti

Contracting out

Offshore outsourcing

International business enterprises - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-117).

Nota di contenuto

Offshoring: Dimensions and Diffusion of a New Business Concept -- Barriers of Purchasing Involvement in Marketing Service Procurement -- A Theoretical Approach to Problems in Buying Agency Services.

Sommario/riassunto

Companies are increasingly sourcing services from third party providers on a global level. Nevertheless, the academic research on phenomena such as offshoring, international purchasing and the sourcing of certain specific categories is still scarce. Lydia Bals provides terminological clarity regarding the field of offshoring. She identifies different types of offshoring, concluding that the buy option of offshore outsourcing versus hybrid or make options is directly related to purchasing. Her in-depth analysis specifically focuses on the sourcing of marketing services. In this context, the investigations of purchasing/marketing integration provide a conceptual model of barriers to purchasing involvement in sourcing of services. Moreover, the author seeks to shed light on issues of providing incentives for advertising agencies from an agency theory perspective. The case study illustrates that the measures taken against an initially problematic situation in the purchase of advertising agency services correspond with the theoretically identified solution mechanisms.