The changing rationale for governance choices: Early vs. late adopters of global services sourcing

Autor:	Carine Peeters, Arie Y. Lewin, Stephan Manning, Silvia Massini
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Process (engineering) Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/manchester_institute_of_innovation_research global service providers 0502 economics and business process commoditization 050207 economics Business and International Management Function (engineering) Industrial organization media_common Global business Corporate governance 05 social sciences path independence Path independence Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Service (economics) H1 Governance choices Business Commoditization 050203 business & management time of adoption Path dependence
Zdroj:	Manning, S, Massini, S, Peeters, C & Lewin, A Y 2018, ' The Changing Rationale for Governance Choices: Early vs. Late Adopters of Global Services Sourcing ', Strategic Management Journal, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 2303-2334 . https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2795
ISSN:	1097-0266 0143-2095
DOI:	10.1002/smj.2795
Popis:	Research Summary: This article studies how the logic of firm governance choices varies as a function of the time of adoption of particular sourcing practices. Using data on the diffusion of global business services sourcing as a management practice from early experiments in the 1980s through 2011, we show that the extent to which governance choices are affected by process commoditization, availability of external service capabilities, and past governance choices depends on whether firms are early or late adopters. Findings inform research on governance choice dynamics specifically in highly diverse and evolving firm populations.Managerial Summary: This article considers how firms have chosen delivery models in global services sourcing decisions over time. Based on comprehensive data, we make two major observations. First, we find that firms that began with global services sourcing early, invested mainly in their internal sourcing capacity, while outsourcing only simple tasks to external providers, whereas firms that started later invested more in their capability to outsource various services to increasingly sophisticated suppliers. Second, we find that initial investments in internal or external sourcing capabilities have a strong effect on future choices of delivery models. This explains why, even today, firms vary greatly in how they implement global sourcing decisions, and it suggests that newcomers should learn from their own peer group rather than from highly experienced firms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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