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Global Multi-Sourcing Strategy 

Global Multisourcing Strategy

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In today's global services outsourcing market, an increasing number of

 

businesses are turning to "multisourcing," which entails selecting and

 

combining IT and business services from several vendors. Management

 

has recognized important tradeoffs involved in increasing the number of

 

suppliers and highly suggested focusing on a small number of strategic

 

partners. Committing to a small number of strategic partners, on the other

 

hand, may prohibit a company from finding new suppliers or even new

 

supply regions. Such lost opportunities could be especially restricting in the

 

case of outsourcing professional services, which has seen fast shifts in

 

supplier marketplaces over the last decade.

 

    As a result, businesses may choose to participate in more intensive

 

service multisourcing. If they succeed, it will be due to a global sourcing

 

strategy that properly resolves the important choices. This article explains

 

a qualitative longitudinal case study of a multinational financial services

 

institution that created a diverse global supply base to obtain offshore

 

professional services to see how a global sourcing process may enable

 

multisourcing.

 

The research yields a theory that emphasizes the benefits of a multiple

 

provider strategy in rapidly changing global supply markets; the critical role

 

of middle managers in enabling

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continuous innovation in the supplier structure; and the importance of the

 

global sourcing

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process in multisourcing, which combines top–down and bottom–up

 

decision making.

 

 

 

 

 

“Global Multisourcing Strategy: The Emergence of a Supplier ...” Accessed October 4, 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/NataliaLevina/publication/267236431_GLOBAL_IT_MULTISOURCING_STRATEGY_UNDERSTANDING_SUPPLIER_STRUCTURE_DECISION_PROCESS_AND_EVOLUTIONARY_DYNAMICS/links/544cf8e50cf2d6347f45bfe2/GLOBAL-IT-MULTISOURCING-STRATEGY-UNDERSTANDING-SUPPLIER-STRUCTURE-DECISION-PROCESS-AND-EVOLUTIONARY-DYNAMICS.pdf.

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