Chapter Outsourcing Rules in the Public and the Private Sector

There have been outsourcing and insourcing trends for decades. Most often benefits and costs of outsourcing are compared from the purely financial side. However, risks are those that eventually determine whether a particular product/service/asset should be outsourced or not. The aim of this chapter...

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description There have been outsourcing and insourcing trends for decades. Most often benefits and costs of outsourcing are compared from the purely financial side. However, risks are those that eventually determine whether a particular product/service/asset should be outsourced or not. The aim of this chapter is to fill in the gap in the literature by analysing risk-reward or benefit-cost ratio in outsourcing decisions for services in the public and private sector. After comparing the process of strategic decision-making and pros and cons of outsourcing between the private and the public sector, a general rule of thumb is developed as a guideline for outsourcing decisions. The decision-making tree for outsourcing decisions is applicable to both typical outsourced services and outsourcing the implementation of complex projects. As a rule, the more complicated the service, the greater the chance of outsourcing. However, greater complexity of services is usually accompanied with higher risks, like in energy performance or public-private partnerships. Whenever the contract is not well prepared, outsourcing may not achieve the expected benefits and may enhance the costs and risks. Although some very specific cases cannot be generalised, the similarities in decision-making behaviour can be taken as guidance when opting for outsourcing possibilities.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-702222025-08-13T14:11:42Z Chapter Outsourcing Rules in the Public and the Private Sector Grubišić Šeba, Mihaela outsourcing decision, public procurement, public-private partnership, energy performance contracting thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJC Business strategy thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJC Business strategy There have been outsourcing and insourcing trends for decades. Most often benefits and costs of outsourcing are compared from the purely financial side. However, risks are those that eventually determine whether a particular product/service/asset should be outsourced or not. The aim of this chapter is to fill in the gap in the literature by analysing risk-reward or benefit-cost ratio in outsourcing decisions for services in the public and private sector. After comparing the process of strategic decision-making and pros and cons of outsourcing between the private and the public sector, a general rule of thumb is developed as a guideline for outsourcing decisions. The decision-making tree for outsourcing decisions is applicable to both typical outsourced services and outsourcing the implementation of complex projects. As a rule, the more complicated the service, the greater the chance of outsourcing. However, greater complexity of services is usually accompanied with higher risks, like in energy performance or public-private partnerships. Whenever the contract is not well prepared, outsourcing may not achieve the expected benefits and may enhance the costs and risks. Although some very specific cases cannot be generalised, the similarities in decision-making behaviour can be taken as guidance when opting for outsourcing possibilities. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-06-02T10:10:50Z 2018 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/intechopen.75869_376 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49262 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70222 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49262/1/59784.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49262/1/59784.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49262/1/59784.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.75869 10.5772/intechopen.75869 035ecc65-6737-43cf-a13a-6bdf67ce01f4 open access
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Chapter Outsourcing Rules in the Public and the Private Sector
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