Global procurement of services has received an increasing amount of manager
ial attention in recent years. Service firms seem to have begun sourcing so
me of their activities from abroad in much the same way that manufacturing
firms have outsourced in the past 30 years. However, little is known about
the performance implications of a service sourcing strategy. This study app
lies, with appropriate modifications. a global components/finished goods so
urcing strategy framework to the service sector. If also tests hypotheses r
elating service firms' global sourcing strategy to their market performance
.