Competitive Dimension of Outsourcing Relations in Global Networks

Cesarani, Maurizio

doi:10.15640/jmpp.v2n4a5

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“…The theory states that transaction costs are due to bounded rationality, opportunistic behavior and assets specificity. Bounded rationality, caused by complexity and environmental uncertainty, is the impossibility to foresee all possible situations that may arise and their outcome (Cesarani, 2014). Williamson (1981) defines opportunistic behavior as "self-interest seeking with guile"; it means that partner pursues personal goals at the expense of the collective ones.…”

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Strategic Alliance Success Factors: A Literature Review on Alliance Lifecycle

Russo¹,

Cesarani²

2017

IJBA

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Objectives. The research aims to investigate how firms can achieve alliance success. In global markets, the alliance failure rate is very high. This study will try to understand why, facing with such a high failure rate, more and more firms decide to enter or form strategic alliances. It appears necessary to identify key factors and show how firms can successfully manage them in each phase of alliance lifecycle.Methodology. For this study, a qualitative approach was adopted, in order to explore and understand the research problem. The issues of alliance success factors is investigated through the analysis of the existing literature, focusing in particular on the last two decades.Findings. By reviewing several theoretical perspectives, we identified alliance success factors and showed what kind of relevance they have in each phase of alliance lifecycle. It was found that strategic alliances develop through three phases. Alliance success lies on successful management of key factors, involved in each phase.Research Limits. Research deals with the issues of alliance success factors at the level of a single alliance and not at the level of an alliance portfolio. Further research should extend the analysis perspective.Managerial Implications. Firms involved in a strategic alliance should consider several critical aspects. For the entire alliance lifecycle, they have to look for a high degree of fit with their own partners. Another important aspect is related to the risk of opportunistic behavior, which could be reduced through the choice of an appropriate governance form and the development of social capital.

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Section: Transaction Cost Theorymentioning

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Strategic Alliance Success Factors: A Literature Review on Alliance Lifecycle

Russo¹,

Cesarani²

2017

IJBA

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¿Por qué las Pymes externalizan sus tareas contables y fiscales?

Baquerizo

2017

SBIR

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ResumenNuestro estudio trata de identificar cuáles son los motivos más relevantes que mueven a las pequeñas empresas españolas a externalizar las tareas de contabilidad y confección de impuestos, y qué es lo que realmente les ha llevado a tomar esa decisión. La identificación de estos motivos nos permite evaluar el enfoque estratégico o táctico que toma esta decisión en las pequeñas empresas y empresarios autónomos. A partir de los enfoques de la Teoría de los Costes Económicos de Transacción (TCE) y la Visión Basada en los Recursos (RBV), se definen un conjunto de razones para externalizar y contrastamos si la empresa ha actuado o no de forma consecuente con estas percepciones. El temor a posibles sanciones económicas se revela como el principal motivo que lleva a las pequeñas empresas a externalizar las tareas contables y de confección de impuestos. Las que temen a las sanciones pero no externalizan, lo hacen por motivos económicos. Ello es producido por la percepción de que tales tareas son consideradas como administrativas y no como fundamentales para la toma de decisiones, por lo que, ante ellas, realizan un enfoque más táctico (cercano a la TCE) que estratégico (propio de la RBV). Palabras clave: externalización, impuestos, sanciones, estrategias, orden de prelación. AbstractOur study tries to identify the most relevant reasons that move small Spanish companies to outsource the tasks of accounting and tax preparation, and what has really led them to make that decision. The identification of these motives allows us to evaluate the strategic or tactical approach that this decision makes in the small companies and independent entrepreneurs. Based on the approaches of the Theory of Economic Transaction Costs (TCE) and the Resource-Based View (RBV), a set of reasons are defined for outsourcing and we test whether or not the company has acted consistently with these Perceptions. The fear of possible economic sanctions is revealed as the main reason that leads small businesses to outsource accounting and tax preparation tasks. Those who fear sanctions but do not outsource, do so for economic reasons. This is produced by the perception that such tasks are considered as administrative and not as fundamental for decision making, so that, before them, they take a more tactical approach (close to the TCE) than strategic (more tipycal of the RBV).

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Tourism and the Sharing Economy. An Evidence from Airbnb Usage in Italy and Romania

Cesarani¹,

Nechita²

2017

Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management

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Tourism in the era of the sharing economy adopts a model based on a global concept with a local practice. The traditional tourism offer is based on the attractiveness of a destination, expressed by a system of characteristics of the destination itself and a range of services related to accommodation, transport and food. The tourism model of sharing economy, instead, is based on the development of shared services that stimulate the flows of tourists. Traditional destinations are then alongside new destinations that, thanks to some factors that drive the development of sharing economy platforms, attract tourists, change behaviours and modify competitive dynamics. The new paradigm of could be briefly described by the 4 Ts of sharing economy: Trust, Togetherness, Technology and Transformation.

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Competitive Dimension of Outsourcing Relations in Global Networks

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Strategic Alliance Success Factors: A Literature Review on Alliance Lifecycle

Strategic Alliance Success Factors: A Literature Review on Alliance Lifecycle

¿Por qué las Pymes externalizan sus tareas contables y fiscales?

Tourism and the Sharing Economy. An Evidence from Airbnb Usage in Italy and Romania

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