Issues in global outsourcing : sustainability concerns and potential of reshoring
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Global sourcing is prevailing in practice because multinational buyers can collaborate with suppliers in emerging economies who are more competitive in production costs than local suppliers. But accompanying the cost savings the buyers obtain through outsourcing, several issues arise. Because of geographical distances and differences in economic and socio-cultural environments, buyers do not have much control over overseas suppliers' social and environmental performance. To achieve lower production costs, suppliers in emerging economies tend to underinvest in socially and environmentally friendly practices. This dissertation first investigates topics related to buyers' auditing and sourcing decisions with emphasis on their suppliers' sustainability practices, and then discusses the potential of different reshoring alternatives from an inventory management perspective.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Zhang, Qinqin |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Primary advisor | Hausman, Warren H |
| Thesis advisor | Hausman, Warren H |
| Thesis advisor | Lee, Hau Leung |
| Thesis advisor | Plambeck, Erica L |
| Advisor | Lee, Hau Leung |
| Advisor | Plambeck, Erica L |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Qinqin Zhang. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Management Science and Engineering. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Qinqin Zhang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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