Low-Cost Country Sourcing Trends and Implications /

• Main Author: Lockström, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : DUV, 2007.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial procurement.; Business and Management.; Procurement.

Globalization has induced immense cost pressure in most industries. In combination with the economic downturn after the turn of the century, companies are increasingly looking for new ways of reducing costs and increasing shareholder value. From this perspective, low-cost country sourcing has proved...

Table of Contents:

• Frame of Reference on Low-Cost Country Sourcing: A Literature Review
• Research Methodology
• Low-Cost Country Sourcing Trends: A Descriptive Study
• Implications of Low-Cost Country Sourcing: An Explanatory Study
• Summary and Conclusions.