Factors Influencing The Outsourcing Decision In The Cypriot SME’s. The Impact On Company Competitiveness

Abstract

This report indicates the steps taken and all the factors considered for the outsourcing decision in the Cypriot Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This project was part of the final year of the MBA course in European University of Cyprus where the task was to identify the factors influencing the outsourcing decision in the Cypriot SME‟s as well as the impact on the company competitiveness. The aims of the project were to research the market about the outsourcing factors and the impact of it on the companies based on real cases. Also, another aim was to test the ability of collecting the data and analysing the results using the SPSS software in order to achieve the target of the project. Another aim was to recommend solutions in order to minimize the negative impacts on the company competitiveness.