In the process of strategic outsourcing, which of the following would come after managers review noncore functions to assess whether independent companies that specialize in those activities can perform them more effectively and efficiently?

Select one:

a.Activities are outsourced to those specialists

b.Structured long-term, contractual relationships, with rich information sharing between the company and thespecialist organization to which it has contracted the activity are formed between the company and its specialists.

c.Execution of outsourcing

d.Determine whether the companies that specialize in particular activities can perform them in ways that lower costs or improve differentiation.

e.Identify the value-chain activities that form the basis of a company's competitive advantage