Abstract
Offshoring is an important economic and social phenomenon that is not confined to the firm-to-firm relationships emphasized in the management and international business literatures. Global sourcing strategic relationships also exist between firms, governments, and non-governmental organizations, and merit a re-examination of the phenomenological and conceptual scope of offshoring. We identify some contrasting assumptions about the roles and responsibilities of different actors in the global business environment, and offer some “provocations” designed to stimulate the rethinking of offshoring within the emerging global social and economic environment.
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Mudambi, S.M., Doh, J. (2013). Broadening the Conceptual and Phenomenological Scope of Offshoring. In: Pedersen, T., Bals, L., Ørberg Jensen, P., Larsen, M. (eds) The Offshoring Challenge. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4908-8_20
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