Exploring political risk in offshoring engagements

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dc.contributor.authorSkipworth, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-27T16:28:49Z
dc.date.available2017-02-27T16:28:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-22
dc.description.abstractThis research focuses on the analysis of political risk in the context of offshoring decisions. The study uses the Repertory Grid Technique, which entails a series of semi-structured interviews exploring key political risk experiences across offshoring engagements. The research extends the spectrum of political risk analysis in the context of offshoring engagements, and explores the varied impact of political risk across business activity types. The research identifies five key political risks affecting offshoring engagements and highlights the moderating effect of specific offshoring activity types Business Process Outsourcing, Information Technology Outsourcing or Knowledge Process Outsourcing on political risk implications. The research explores the conditioning effect of activity specific exposure to political risk and enhances the explanatory ability of the Transaction Cost Economics constructs, offering a novel operationalisation of the political risk component of external uncertainty. From a practical perspective, the research highlights the need for developing managerial tools to improve monitoring and identification of risks. The key practical contribution is the development of differentiated political risk typologies that can capture the nuances of external risks in offshoring, allowing for more accurate risk assessment of offshoring decisions.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationCarsten Hansen, Carlos Mena and Heather Skipworth. Exploring political risk in offshoring engagements, International Journal of Production Research, Volume 55, 2017, Issue 7, pp. 2051-2067en_UK
dc.identifier.cris15215354
dc.identifier.issn0020-7543
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1268278
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11503
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectOffshoringen_UK
dc.subjectOutsourcingen_UK
dc.subjectPolitical risken_UK
dc.subjectRisk analysisen_UK
dc.subjectSupply chain risk managementen_UK
dc.titleExploring political risk in offshoring engagementsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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