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Mitigate, tolerate or relocate? Offshoring challenges, strategic imperatives and resource constraints
This paper examines key firm-level factors influencing initial strategic responses to offshoring implementation challenges. Comparative case findings indicate that firms are likely to try to mitigate challenges if they perceive to have control over their cause; if strategic objectives are diverse; and if firms have abundant resources available. By comparison, firms tolerate challenges if cost is a strategic imperative, or if resource endowments are limited. Firms relocate operations temporarily or permanently in particular if challenges are externally caused, whereby temporary relocation requires investments into flexible global infrastructures. Findings reveal critical contingencies of capability development and learning in offshoring and beyond.
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- Published
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Journal of World BusinessISSN
1090-9516Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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4Volume
49Page range
522-535Department affiliated with
- Business and Management Publications
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2019-09-25First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-09-25First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-09-25Usage metrics
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