Factors Influencing SME Outsourcing: Evidence from Romania

György Ottilia () and Madaras Szilárd ()
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György Ottilia: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Department of Economic Sciences
Madaras Szilárd: Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Department of Business Sciences

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Economics and Business, 2020, vol. 8, issue 1, 5-18

Abstract: The present research, based on a national representative survey analysis of SMEs (that is, small and medium enterprises) from Romania, focuses on the main factors influencing companies’ outsourcing. It considers the following dimensions of outsourcing: organizational characteristics, environmental characteristics, relational capabilities, and institutional networks. The results suggest that the younger the SMEs and the more stable their relationship with local institutions, the more likely is for them to adopt outsourcing solutions. Moreover, those SMEs that have secondary offices and have some cooperation with the state also rely on outsourcing. Our results suggest that sector membership also proves to be a signifficant factor in outsourcing. We ffind that the highest percentage of outsourcing was done in construction, industry as well as hotels and restaurants sectors.

Keywords: SMEs; outsourcing; business relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/auseb-2020-0001

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