This book provides a new evolutionary perspective on outsourcing. The traditional prioritization of continuous outsourcing has resulted in increased hidden costs that have sabotaged business profits. As a result of undisciplined outsourcing, businesses have lost a defining characteristic of their success: decision control. In contrast, the ability to combine outsourcing with backsourcing is a winning strategy for business leaders across a broad range of industries. In this book, the author traces the essence of the outsourcing industry as it has evolved over the past two centuries. With compelling case studies from the pharmaceutical, aviation, insurance, and cookware industries, this book moves beyond theorizing. It highlights key insights from some of the leading outsourcing pioneers who helped to define the industry. The case studies demonstrate the evolution of outsourcing, from a past marked by a costly outsourcing approach to a future fueled by the diversification of sourcing for optimal business success. Through the provision of decision models and best practices, this book provides academics and practitioners with tangible steps to implement successful outsourcing and backsourcing strategies. 

1. The outsourcing manifesto: The history, rise, and potential fall of the outsourcing industry.-2. Theorizing backsourcing: at the intersection of strategy, operations, and control.-3. The birth of an industry from backsourcing pioneers.-4. Case Studies: Discovering the future of outsourcing through the birth of backsourcing.-5. The development of a new outsourcing theory uncovered by backsourcing.-6. Strategic backsourcing as a powerhouse.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.