<p>Background – Offshore outsourcing is to source activities that were previously produced in-house. It is a concept that has become a trend the last years and its advantages are often taken for granted. Many firms believe that a delegation of the production to low-cost countries enhances their competitiveness and that they get closer to new markets. This might instead be on the expense of the Swedish employment and investments. Some firms chose not to delegate parts of their production but can still stay competitive in their market.</p><p>Purpose – The purpose with this thesis is to investigate what lies behind small firm’s strategies not to use offshore outsourcing.</p><p>Frame of References – A strategy is to position the firm in its competitive market. The firm has to defend their position in their market to stay competitive. Overall cost leadership and differentiation are two common strategies where the firm has to perform more efficiently than their competitors. A strategy makes the firm unique and by that achieving competitive advantage. A strategy can be to use offshore outsourcing. The main reasons for offshore outsourcing are to lower costs, increase the firm focus, and to raise the innovation ability. Several disadvantages can also be identified about offshore outsourcing: the dependence on external suppliers, and loss of control over activities, and the possibility of a failing relationship and/or decrease of morale among workers.</p><p>Method – The method chosen for this thesis is a qualitative study. Semi-structured interviewed were conducted with three small firms. They were personal interviews with open-ended questions.</p><p>Conclusions – The firm sees their in-house capabilities and tries to develop them before deciding to offshore outsource. Firms that do not offshore outsource are less driven by material and cheap labour and feel that it is important to consider the overall costs. Swedish occupations will be lost as a consequence of offshore outsourcing and will generate serious consequences for the Swedish labour market. Knowledge and competences are high in firms that do not use offshore outsourcing. It is developed within the firm and it is creates a competitive advantage.</p>

Thesis (doctoral)--European Business School, International University Schloss Reichartshausen, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (SpringerLink, viewed Dec. 3, 2009). Includes bibliographical references.

Background – Offshore outsourcing is to source activities that were previously produced in-house. It is a concept that has become a trend the last years and its advantages are often taken for granted. Many firms believe that a delegation of the production to low-cost countries enhances their competitiveness and that they get closer to new markets. This might instead be on the expense of the Swedish employment and investments. Some firms chose not to delegate parts of their production but can still stay competitive in their market. Purpose – The purpose with this thesis is to investigate what lies behind small firm’s strategies not to use offshore outsourcing. Frame of References – A strategy is to position the firm in its competitive market. The firm has to defend their position in their market to stay competitive. Overall cost leadership and differentiation are two common strategies where the firm has to perform more efficiently than their competitors. A strategy makes the firm unique and by that achieving competitive advantage. A strategy can be to use offshore outsourcing. The main reasons for offshore outsourcing are to lower costs, increase the firm focus, and to raise the innovation ability. Several disadvantages can also be identified about offshore outsourcing: the dependence on external suppliers, and loss of control over activities, and the possibility of a failing relationship and/or decrease of morale among workers. Method – The method chosen for this thesis is a qualitative study. Semi-structured interviewed were conducted with three small firms. They were personal interviews with open-ended questions. Conclusions – The firm sees their in-house capabilities and tries to develop them before deciding to offshore outsource. Firms that do not offshore outsource are less driven by material and cheap labour and feel that it is important to consider the overall costs. Swedish occupations will be lost as a consequence of offshore outsourcing and will generate serious consequences for the Swedish labour market. Knowledge and competences are high in firms that do not use offshore outsourcing. It is developed within the firm and it is creates a competitive advantage.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, August, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-90).

Organisations worldwide are continuing to offshore more and more of their work tasks across national boundaries, to countries with lower labour costs. These offshored tasks, which were performed by local knowledge workers in the past, now also include activities like research, development, and innovation. In a time where growth industries are those with the highest degree of knowledge work, and the most profitable organisations are those with the most knowledge workers, the importance of retaining these valuable resources by ensuring a healthy employment relationship cannot be over emphasised. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact that knowledge task offshoring has on the employment relationship of knowledge workers. A quantitative research methodology was followed, and the responses of 85 individuals were examined through the theoretical lenses of the psychological contract, organisational commitment, turnover intention and job insecurity. The main findings of the research was that offshoring resulted in higher levels of perceived psychological contract breach and violation scores, while it did not have any negative impacts on the scores for job security, turnover intention, organisational commitment or perceived employer or employee obligations associated with the psychological contract. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / lmgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted

Outsourcing has become a significant factor in the U.S. economy over the past two decades. Annual report disclosures made by a firm related to outsourcing are voluntary disclosures. Understanding the determinants and firm performance implications of initial outsourcing annual report disclosures is important to capital market providers, standards developers, and to the firms themselves. I identify and study firms making initial voluntary disclosures of outsourcing in their annual reports on Form 10-K between 1993 and 2003 after they make non-annual report related public disclosures. Specifically, I investigate if determinants of the initial annual report disclosure decision and subsequent performance are associated with the initial disclosure. This study contends managers disclose information related to outsourcing in their annual reports to reduce information asymmetry and to minimize agency costs. I hypothesize and develop a firm-related variable commonly used in agency theory to test this assertion. Signaling theory and voluntary disclosure theory also explain the determinants for firm voluntary outsourcing annual report disclosures. I develop several hypotheses defining determinants potentially associated with the likelihood of initial annual report outsourcing disclosure decisions, and test these determinants using a conditional logistic regression model and a matched-pair group of firms making public outsourcing disclosures but not making annual report disclosure. Using signaling theory, I also develop hypotheses testing if the initial outsourcing annual report disclosure sends a signal regarding future firm performance--specifically testing firm performance measures related to profitability and cash flow. I test these hypotheses using OLS models and the same matched-pair group of firms. I find firms with high levels of debt, high total cost ratios, and high returns on assets are more likely to make initial annual report outsourcing disclosure. / I also find firms may signal improvements in future levels of profitability when making the initial annual report outsourcing disclosure. / by Ronald F. Premuroso. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL : 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web.

<p>Problem: Leveranser av IT tjänster från lågkostnadsländer till Sverige.</p><p>Syfte: Att ta reda på hur svenska företag ser på leveranser av IT tjänster från lågkostnadsländer och ta reda på vilka drivkrafter och hinder som existerar. Eftersom Indien är det land som står för de största volymerna vad gäller produktion av IT tjänster så blir det naturligt att fokusera mest på det landet.</p><p>Teori och modell: Idag produceras hälften av världens IT tjänster i Indien. Svenska företag ligger ungefär tre år efter sina brittiska och amerikanska kollegor vad gäller att köpa IT tjänster från Indien.</p><p>Metod: Vi valde en kvalitativ metod för att få fördjupad information kring ämnet och genomförde nio intervjuer med olika svenska företag. Förutom dessa intervjuer hämtade vi data från publicerade artiklar.</p><p>Resultat: Vår undersökning visar på att Indien är ett land att satsa på vad det gäller leveranser av IT tjänster. Att hitta tillräckligt stora IT projekt för att Indien ska ses som lönsamt, verkar vara det främsta hindret. Kompetensen i Indien och kostnadsreduktion är de starkaste drivkrafterna.</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic version.

Problem: Leveranser av IT tjänster från lågkostnadsländer till Sverige. Syfte: Att ta reda på hur svenska företag ser på leveranser av IT tjänster från lågkostnadsländer och ta reda på vilka drivkrafter och hinder som existerar. Eftersom Indien är det land som står för de största volymerna vad gäller produktion av IT tjänster så blir det naturligt att fokusera mest på det landet. Teori och modell: Idag produceras hälften av världens IT tjänster i Indien. Svenska företag ligger ungefär tre år efter sina brittiska och amerikanska kollegor vad gäller att köpa IT tjänster från Indien. Metod: Vi valde en kvalitativ metod för att få fördjupad information kring ämnet och genomförde nio intervjuer med olika svenska företag. Förutom dessa intervjuer hämtade vi data från publicerade artiklar. Resultat: Vår undersökning visar på att Indien är ett land att satsa på vad det gäller leveranser av IT tjänster. Att hitta tillräckligt stora IT projekt för att Indien ska ses som lönsamt, verkar vara det främsta hindret. Kompetensen i Indien och kostnadsreduktion är de starkaste drivkrafterna.