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Hi, I need help with essay on Outsourcing: Theory, Literature and Effects. Paper must be at least 2500 words. Please, no plagiarized work!Varadarajan 2009, p. 1165-1166). Varadarajan pointed out that

Hi, I need help with essay on Outsourcing: Theory, Literature and Effects. Paper must be at least 2500 words. Please, no plagiarized work!

Varadarajan 2009, p. 1165-1166). Varadarajan pointed out that other phrases used by firms also imply outsourcing: “externalization of low value added value chain activities in firms, the hallowing of corporations, the transformation of firms into virtual enterprises, and terms such contracting and sub-contracting, also imply outsourcing” (p. 1166). Although one part of the Varadarajan material suggests that outsourcing is a transitional phase, one part recognizes that in some cases, outsourcing is “the only viable” route for the firm (p. 1166). ...

uppliers, (3) downstream vertical outsourcing to a firm’s intermediate and end use customers, (4) horizontal outsourcing to a firm’s direct competitors, peripheral competitors and potential competitors, and (5) horizontal outsourcing to a firm’s strategic alliance partners” (1166). Varadarajan’s main point is that outsourcing is basically tapping goods and/or services external to the firm and that outsourcing can come offshore but not from a subsidiary, from a good or services supplying third parties with which the firm currently do not have a relationship (but not from a head or higher ranking offices of a company), from consumer linking third parties, even from competitors, and from strategic partners (1166-1169). Varadarajan’s model appears sophisticated but the sophistication basically arises from a complicated restatement of essentially simple ideas. Nevertheless, his views on outsourcing is probably unique and a solid contribution to the literature. What is also emphasised in Varadarajan’s ideas on outsourcing is that saving on costs is not the only driver for outsourcing and this point is also one of Varadarajan’s key points on why there is a need to think “expansively” on outsourcing (2009, p. 1169). For instance, quality and not only cost is a major consideration for a firm to outsource a particular product or service (Varadarajan 2009, p. 1169). Perhaps, a key concept that can cover both costs and quality in the decision to outsource is the need to make one’s products or services competitive.

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