Outsourcing effects and company size – a comparative analysis between the manufacturing and the services sector in Poland

• Autorzy: Maziarczyk Anna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.29119/1899-6116.2021.53.5

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Introduction/background: The popularity of outsourcing as a management tool among Polish enterprises is increasing. Growing competition forces companies to look for new solutions for company management. Outsourcing is defined as a management tool to reduce costs in an enterprise. Aim of the paper: The aim of the study was to check whether there is a relationship between outsourcing and the size of the company. In the study, I list large companies and SMEs. Compares the relationships between the manufacturing and services sectors. Materials and methods: In this category, data from 250 companies from the Notoria database were used. In the first part of article, it compares the value of outsourcing across sectors using the Student T-test. In the next part of article, I examine the relationship between outsourcing and the size of companies. I compare the results between the vectors. Pearson's correlation test was used. It then compares the use of outsourcing between small and large companies. The student's T-test for independent programs was used. Results and conclusions: The results say there are differences in the use of outsourcing between the manufacturing and service sectors. I noticed that industrial companies use much more solutions provided by external suppliers. Moreover, I can see that outsourcing has a greater impact in manufacturing than in the service industry. As the company grows, the use of outsourcing increases. It also shows that large companies use outsourcing to a greater extent than smaller companies.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

outsourcing; manufacturing; services; SME; companies

PL

outsourcing; produkcja; usługi; MŚP; firmy

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Śląskiej
• Czasopismo: Organizacja i Zarządzanie : kwartalnik naukowy
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: nr 1
• Strony: 57--66
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Maziarczyk Anna

• Faculty of Economics, Maria Skłodowska-Curie University, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7213-0961

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