Global sourcing strategy and sustainable competitive advantage

• Published in: Industrial marketing management Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 7 - 14
• Main Authors: Kotabe, Masaaki, Murray, Janet Y.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.01.2004; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Business; Competitive advantage; Exchange rate instability; Exchange rates; Floating exchange rates; Global sourcing; Industrial management; International markets; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Procurement; Purchasing; Strategic planning; Studies; Sustainable development; Procurement; Exchange rate instability; Global sourcing; Outsourcing; Performance

Global sourcing strategy has been one of the most hotly debated management trends in the last 20 years. In its early years, global sourcing was examined mostly from “in-house” development and procurement perspectives; and in the last several years, research focus has shifted to “outsourcing” activit...