The Driving Force Behind the Recent Outsourcing of Service Activities

question 29

True/False

The driving force behind the recent outsourcing of service activities such as IT,HR,and logistics is that many firms,which used to view certain activities as a very special part of their industries,now believe that these activities have relatively generic attributes that can be shared across industries.

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