Title: Value chain and core competency based approach to outsourcing decision: a case of the Indian coal mining organisation

Authors: Mousumi Moda; Kunal Kanti Ghosh; Khanindra Pathak

Addresses: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India ' Indus Business Academy, Bangalore, 560062, India ' Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India

Abstract: The study focuses on developing an outsourcing decision framework to assist the coal mining organisation to decide on outsourcing of operational activities. The proposed outsourcing decision framework integrates concepts of value chain analysis and core competency perspective that provides strategic dimensions towards decision-making over the conventional motive of short-term cost reduction. The analysis proposes a logical step-wise approach to classify the primary operational activities into core, partial-core, and non-core based on their contribution towards the organisational competencies.

Keywords: outsourcing decision; value chain analysis; core competency perspective; coal mining.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2023.130975

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2023 Vol.14 No.2, pp.168 - 194

Received: 19 Jul 2021
Accepted: 27 Mar 2022
Published online: 17 May 2023 *

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