Is offshoring dead? A multidisciplinary review and future directions

IF 5.9 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Journal of International Management Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.intman.2023.101017

Debmalya Mukherjee , Satish Kumar , Nitesh Pandey , Somnath Lahiri

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Abstract

Offshoring has represented a dominant business practice in the past three decades, prompting considerable research across multiple business domains to understand its various facets. By applying bibliometric techniques (Donthu et al., 2021), the authors of the current article aim to take stock of this rich, multidisciplinary literature. With performance analysis, author network analysis, bibliographic coupling, and topic trend analysis, they identify its underlying intellectual structure and map its temporal, spatial, and thematic evolution. The analysis of 111 key journals and 668 articles, spanning more than three decades (1989–2022) comprises four distinct time periods and longitudinal trends that support meaningful visual representations of the bibliographic data. The findings reveal six foundational themes for offshoring research: (1) offshoring and global supply chains, (2) offshoring of IT/business processes, (3) outcomes of offshoring, (4) governance mechanisms in offshoring and success strategies, (5) drivers of offshoring, and (6) backshoring of manufacturing. Based on the temporal and topic trend analysis, this article concludes with recommendations for broad further research avenues that can shed light on the future of offshoring in the post-pandemic world.

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离岸外包已死吗?多学科回顾及未来发展方向

在过去的三十年里，离岸外包一直是一种占主导地位的商业实践，促使人们对多个业务领域进行大量研究，以了解其各个方面。通过应用文献计量技术（Donthu et al.，2021），本文作者旨在评估这些丰富的多学科文献。通过绩效分析、作者网络分析、书目耦合和主题趋势分析，他们确定了其潜在的知识结构，并绘制了其时间、空间和主题的演变图。对111种关键期刊和668篇文章的分析跨越了30多年（1989-2022），包括四个不同的时间段和纵向趋势，支持对书目数据进行有意义的视觉表示。研究结果揭示了离岸外包研究的六个基本主题：（1）离岸外包和全球供应链，（2）IT/业务流程的离岸外包，（3）离岸外包的成果，（4）离岸外包中的治理机制和成功战略，（5）离岸外包驱动因素，以及（6）制造业的后离岸。基于时间和主题趋势分析，本文最后提出了广泛的进一步研究途径建议，这些途径可以揭示疫情后世界离岸外包的未来。

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Journal of International Management MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of International Management is devoted to advancing an understanding of issues in the management of global enterprises, global management theory, and practice; and providing theoretical and managerial implications useful for the further development of research. It is designed to serve an audience of academic researchers and educators, as well as business professionals, by publishing both theoretical and empirical research relating to international management and strategy issues. JIM publishes theoretical and empirical research addressing international business strategy, comparative and cross-cultural management, risk management, organizational behavior, and human resource management, among others.