Make or buy strategy and origin of sourcing materials and their relationship with firm performance

• Main Authors: Mohamed, Zainal Abidin, Abdullah, Haim Hilman, Othman, Rozhan, Uli, Jegak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Review of Business Research Papers 2009
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/7174/1/12.Haim.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/7174/; http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/12.Haim.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The paper presents a study relating to the strategic decision of ‘make’ or ‘buy’ to organizational performance, and whether it is related to the origin of the resources used on manufacturing firms in Malaysia.Convenience sampling was done and 314 companies responded.The findings indicate that there...