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Supplier’s core capabilities and strategies for sustainability and growth

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The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

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As has been more extensively illustrated in Chapter 1, the global sourcing market is large and the services it offers range from relatively simple processes or call centers to the radical transformation of entire back-office functions. The supplier base is equally diverse, ranging from locally based firms that specialize in particular services and/or industries to offshore or global providers that promise to offer a high quality of service at a low cost.

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Oshri, I., Kotlarsky, J., Willcocks, L.P. (2009). Supplier’s core capabilities and strategies for sustainability and growth. In: The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230251076_5

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