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Selection of Outsourcing Partners

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Collaboration in Outsourcing

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Indian companies are at the moment the most attractive companies to which to outsource. However, it is very hard to determine which company in India is best suited for the outsourcing company. The existing methods do not offer everything a company wants in the area of outsourcing partner selection.

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Roeling, M. (2012). Selection of Outsourcing Partners. In: Brinkkemper, S., Jansen, S. (eds) Collaboration in Outsourcing. Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230362994_14

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