THE DYNAMICS OF OUTSOURCING: A BIBLIOMETRIC STUDY
YULIA NEDELCHEVA
Abstract
The study is focused on a new area of management – the outsourcing. It analysed the period 1999-2015 and a total of 437 publications. The scopes of the study are geographical, thematic, sectoral and lexical. The results highlight three periods: introduction of outsourcing in the scientific field; entry of outsourcing in priorities of the state policy; increasing interest of companies to outsourcing.
Keywords
outsourcing, bibliometric, geographical scope, cross-analysis
JEL Codes: C18, L24
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