Third-party logistics (TPL) has attracted considerable research attention in the recent past.
Despite the growing body of literature on this topic, precious little effort has been devoted to …

The primary objective of this paper is to analyse the outsourcing trends in last one decade
and to forecast the future on the basis of past studies. In this paper concepts and trends …

We consider the problem faced by a company that must outsource reverse logistics (RL)
activities to third-party providers. Addressing RL outsourcing problems has become …

Outsourcing is a phenomenon that as a practice originated in the 1950s, but it was not until
the 1980s when the strategy became widely adopted in organizations. Since then, the …

Abstract In 1955, Herbert Simon introduced the notion of satisficing: an agent satisfices by
searching for an alternative that meets an aspiration level but does not optimize. We survey …

Purpose–To close the inaugural volume of Strategic Outsourcing, an International Journal
(SOIJ), this paper's objective is to suggest a research agenda for outsourcing related …

Nowadays, outsourcing has proved to be an enterprise management strategy in the face of
globalization and growing competition. The decision to outsource a business process for …

Logistics outsourcing has been at the top of the management agenda during recent
decades. Through this approach companies have been able to improve logistics …

Purpose–The theories of transaction‐cost economics, the resource‐based view and the core
competencies approach have been used extensively to justify the rationale behind strategic …

Purpose–To investigate the status of third party logistics (3PL) in Mexico and the feasibility of
3PL as a global, uniform strategy. Design/methodology/approach–A survey among firms …