Externalizing the core: Firms' use of employment intermediaries in the information and communication technology industries
研究了信息通信技术行业企业如何在核心业务中使用咨询公司和临时工中介，发现创新战略企业更倾向用咨询公司，低成本竞争企业更倾向用临时工中介。
Abstract Recent research suggests that nonstandard employment relations may be a source of innovation for the firm. In this article, we analyze firms' strategic correlates and perceived benefits from using two types of employment in‐termediaries—consulting firms and temporary help agencies—in their core activities. Organizations with an innovation strategy are more likely to use consulting firms in their core activities, while organizations that compete on the basis of low cost are more apt to use temporary help agencies. Moreover, managers say that consulting firms are more likely than temporary help agencies to provide them with special competencies in their core activities. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.