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Low-Cost Country Sourcing: Trends and Implications
Low-Cost Country Sourcing Trends and Implications Author:Lockström, Martin Globalization has induced immense cost pressure in most industries. In combination with the economic downturn after the turn of the century, companies are increasingly looking for new ways of reducing costs and increasing shareholder value. From this perspective, low-cost country sourcing has proved to be an effective means to realize cost-sav... more »ing targets. Although many external key success factors have been identified, relatively little is known about intra-firm factors that can influence the outcome of low-cost country sourcing initiatives.« less