This paper applies the Red Queen theory to explain how organizations utilize various sourcing arrangements in order to compete in an evolutionary arms race where only the strongest competitors will survive. The case study incorporates competition, and views sourcing strategies as a means to improve the firm’s viability to survive competition in the marketplace. The study begins by positioning t...

The decline of collective bargaining and the blurring of organisational boundaries between firms have adversely affected employment standards in the British labour market. In this context, this paper considers the potential for using socially sustainable sourcing to strengthen collective labour market protections for low-wage workers, particularly in situations where work and production is orga...

The adoption of electronic sourcing promises to bring in free-market competition so as to achieve significant cost reduction. However, this promise has not been realized in the healthcare industry in China after years of e-sourcing adoption. Instead, adoption of e-sourcing has steadily increased the cost of pharmaceutical products that hospitals charged to patients. Our study indicates that thi...

In this paper, we examine whether the use of expertise ratings can help crowd-sourcing systems. We show, using simulations, that a crowd-sourcing system based in social navigation works better when users’ expertise levels are taken into account.

A hybrid optimisation approach to configure a supply chain for new product diffusion: a case study of multiple-sourcing strategy Haitao Li a & Mehdi Amini b a Department of Logistics and Operations Management, College of Business Administration, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4400, USA b Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fogelman College of Business &...

The tendency of acquiring information systems and other high technology services from international suppliers continues at unprecedented levels. The primary motivation for the offshore sourcing of technology and services continues to be labor cost arbitrage, and secondly, access to higher levels of expertise. Yet paradoxically, large gaps in technical proficiency, cultural values, and communica...

Ride-sourcing drivers, as individual service suppliers, can freely adopt their own relocation strategies, including waiting, cruising freely, or following the platform recommendations. These decisions substantially impact balance between supply and demand, consequently affect system performance. We conducted a stated choice experiment to study searching behaviour of ride-sourcing drivers examin...

This paper explores how a firm’s openness in its technology sourcing interplays with its simultaneous pursuit of knowledge protection strategies to enhance innovative performance. We argue that organizational knowledge protection mechanisms such as restricting employee mobility, secrecy and knowledge complexity influence the inverted-U relationship between a firm’s external technology sourcing ...

This research provided the study of importance of factors affecting the decision making of out-sourcing & supplier performance in Textiles domain. The textile market of USA is the scope of this research. The basis of this study allowed comprehending the importance / weight of fac tors of out-sourcing (including Delivery, Flexibility, Cost, Quality & Reliability) varied according to the buyers n...