Research on why firms should outsource and how they should do it has proliferated in the past two decades, but few consistent findings have emerged concerning the benefits of outsourcing. We argue that this is in part due to the lack of an adequate framework for measuring the effects of outsourcing. To address this, we present such a framework based upon the Cobb-Douglas productivity function. We explain how our framework can be used to unpack one component of the Cobb-Douglas productivity function, the total factor productivity, which represents the other numerous sub-variables that affect outsourcing productivity, beyond the capital and labour expenditures. We also demonstrate the framework using a simple illustrative example. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Understanding the effects of outsourcing: Unpacking the total factor productivity variable / Kitcher, B.; Mccarthy, Ian Paul; Turner, S.; Ridgway, K.. - In: PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL. - ISSN 1366-5871. - 24:4-5(2013), pp. 308-317. [10.1080/09537287.2011.648543]

Understanding the effects of outsourcing: Unpacking the total factor productivity variable

McCarthy I. P.;
2013

Abstract

Research on why firms should outsource and how they should do it has proliferated in the past two decades, but few consistent findings have emerged concerning the benefits of outsourcing. We argue that this is in part due to the lack of an adequate framework for measuring the effects of outsourcing. To address this, we present such a framework based upon the Cobb-Douglas productivity function. We explain how our framework can be used to unpack one component of the Cobb-Douglas productivity function, the total factor productivity, which represents the other numerous sub-variables that affect outsourcing productivity, beyond the capital and labour expenditures. We also demonstrate the framework using a simple illustrative example. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
2013
aerospace; Cobb-Douglas; Ishikawa diagram; manufacturing; outsourcing; total factor productivity
Understanding the effects of outsourcing: Unpacking the total factor productivity variable / Kitcher, B.; Mccarthy, Ian Paul; Turner, S.; Ridgway, K.. - In: PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL. - ISSN 1366-5871. - 24:4-5(2013), pp. 308-317. [10.1080/09537287.2011.648543]
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