ABSTRACT

Learning Objectives After completing this chapter you should be able to:

Describe how game theory can be used in determining optimal proportion allocations of business activities between outsourcers and insourcers.

Formulate game theory models for international O-I decision problems.

Understand the value of the information provided by game theory for international O-I decision problems.

Describe how linear programming can be used in determining optimal proportion allocations of business activities between outsourcers and insourcers.

Formulate linear programming models for international O-I decision problems.

Understand the value of the information provided by linear programming for international O-I decision problems.