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Showing papers by "Bertrand Quelin published in 2003"


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of a study on the motives of corporate headquarters in large European manufacturing firms for engaging in outsourcing and the risks they perceive to be associated with strategic outsourcing operations.

428 citations


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01 Apr 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, a demarche rigoureuse and a reflexion sur le moyen terme for a decision strategique dampleur are presented, where the transfert d'une partie des activites de l'entreprise a des prestataires is souvent definitif.
Abstract: L’externalisation est une tendance de fond. Mais le transfert d’une partie des activites de l’entreprise a des prestataires est souvent definitif. Ce qui exige des entreprises une demarche rigoureuse et une reflexion sur le moyen terme pour une decision strategique d’ampleur. Les entreprises developpent aussi de nombreux liens et partenariats avec les fournisseurs, les distributeurs ou les concurrents. Est-il encore pertinent de parler de frontieres de l’entreprise? Comment comprendre les decisions d’externalisation et quel est leur impact sur le cœur de metier? Les relations partenariales developpees par les entreprises sont-elles stables?

35 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report the results of a study on the motives of corporate headquarters in large European manufacturing firms for engaging in outsourcing and the risks they perceive to be associated with strategic outsourcing operations.
Abstract: The authors report the results of a study on the motives of corporate headquarters in large European manufacturing firms for engaging in outsourcing and the risks they perceive to be associated with strategic outsourcing operations. Four main issues can be highlighted: preoccupations about core businesses and reduction of cost of capital are linked; access to external expertise and quality improvements are specific expectations for outsourcing firms; operational cost savings, still a predominant concern, must be balanced with the cost of monitoring suppliers; the ‘increased flexibility' objective emerges as a distinct issue

1 citations