Low-Cost Country Sourcing : Trends and Implications
- Author
- Martin Lockström
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Business Administration
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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 to be an effective means to realize cost-saving targets. Although many external key success factors have been identified, relatively little is known about intra-firm factors that can influence the outcome of low-cost country sourcing initiatives.
Keywords: Business and Economics / Global Sourcing / Niedrigkostenland /Purchasing / SCM /Transition Economies / Supply chain managment
