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dc.contributor.authorLamminmaki, Dawne
dc.contributor.editorDr. M.A. Dorgham, Chief Editor
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:18:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:18:39Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-01-27T04:25:05Z
dc.identifier.issn14606720
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28383
dc.description.abstractThis paper draws on Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) theory (Coase, 1937; Williamson, 1985, 1988, 1999) to examine hotel outsourcing. The study focuses on the uncertainty and frequency attributes, two of three activity attributes that TCE theorists see as affecting the propensity to outsource. Findings relating to the third TCE activity attribute, asset specificity, are reported in Lamminmaki (2005). Qualitative data was collected by interviewing fifteen senior managers in large hotels. While several observations made supported the frequency tenet of TCE, which holds that frequently and extensively conducted activities will be outsourced to a low extent, two specific departures were noted. These departures resulted in the proposition of an extension to the TCE frequency tenet. The TCE doctrine also holds that uncertain activities will be outsourced to a low extent. Again, although observations made supported this view, one specific observation that contradicted the theory was noted.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInderscience Enterprises Ltd
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijstm
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom182
dc.relation.ispartofpageto201
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe International Journal of Services Technology and Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEconomic Theory not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, Finance and Investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode140199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode159999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1502
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.titleAn investigation of the role played by frequency and uncertainty in hotel outsourcing decisions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.rights.copyright© 2009 Inderscience Publishers. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorLamminmaki, Dawne M.


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