Recently, some critical events (eg, the economic decline, the growing socio-ecologic
burden, even more demanding customers, etc.) have led several companies to re-think their …

In the context of the mainstream of globalisation and a new trend of slowbalisation, we
review the existing literature including both empirical and analytical papers on the sourcing …

In order to support advanced collaborations among smart products, services, users and
service providers in a smart product and service ecosystem (S-PSS), this paper proposed a …

Outsourcing in health care has become increasingly common as health system
administrators seek to enhance profitability and efficiency while maintaining clinical …

Manufacturing relocation decisions are complex because they involve combinations of
location modes like offshoring or reshoring, and governance modes like insourcing or …

Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have been widely implemented in today's
logistics operations to reduce the handling time and improve service efficiency. This enables …

Background: The interplay between the delivery of nonstandard services, the management
of psychological contracts, and the facilitation of knowledge sharing forms a complex web …

Purpose Driven by the disruptive effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the ongoing debate
about the international location of firms' manufacturing activities has increasingly highlighted …

Inspired by the positive impact of service outsourcing in Chery and other enterprises on
human resources, this paper explores the impact of service outsourcing on labor income …

Purpose The authors' contribution to the literature involves using expectation disconfirmation
theory (EDT) to examine the impact of expectations on outsourcing success. This study …