Transaction cost and its effects towards outsourcing

• Main Authors: Mustapa, Fara Diva, Hashim, Maizon
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: HG Finance
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10687/1/FaraDivaMustapa2006_Transactioncostanditseffectstowards.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/10687/; http://www.rism.org.my/event/quantity-surveying-international-convention-2016/

This paper explores the drawbacks of outsourcing which surfaces from the transaction costs. Coupled with the benefits to the host organisation are the drawbacks which include the information costs, negotiating and bargaining, and the costs of policing and enforcement. The paper is based on a case st...