Chapter 3 A REVIEW OF EXISTING MODELS IN THE STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING LITERATURE

SUMMARY:

3.1. Outsourcing decision-making and types of outsourcing.3.2. Kraljic’s portfolio-purchasing model.3.3. Quinn’s model.3.4. Baden-Fuller et al. model.3.5. Sislian and Satir’s model.3.6. McIvor’s model.3.7. Becker and Zirpoli’s model.

3.1. Outsourcing decision-making and types of outsourcing

Decision-making involves analysing a finite set of alternatives described in terms of evaluative criteria. It helps to rank alternatives and/or select the best when all the criteria are considered simultaneously, together with their inter-related influences (Triantaphyllou and Evangelos, 2000). Therefore, a decision-making model has two distinctive ...

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