Outsourcing Strategy and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Outsourcing involves both service and industrial companies acquiring services or components from external companies instead of carrying them out in-house. The literature has researched the factors that determine that a firm outsources but has not been related to sustainability or analyzed the impact it can have on aspects related to sustainability. For this Special Issue, we welcome conceptual and empirical contributions that explore different aspects of outsourcing related to the concept of sustainability, that is, aspects that include not only performance but also social, environmental, cultural, and sustainable employment aspects. Papers are also welcome to examine relationships with suppliers. Relationships with suppliers are the basis for outsourcing to achieve its objectives and especially sustainability. This will allow firms to be managed efficiently. It is also necessary to know the impact that outsourcing has on the sustainable performance of organizations. Studies that analyze a new concept of outsourcing related to sustainability are necessary in these modern times. For this reason, this Special Issue will be launched, dedicated to examining outsourcing. The papers included in this Special Issue can help us to determine the new directions being addressed in the research on outsourcing.

Prof. Dr. Tomás F. Espino-Rodríguez
Guest Editor

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