Industry sector and outsourcing
Many companies have chosen to outsource segments of their business to external providers in order to cut costs and improve quality and/or efficiencies. Common business segments that are outsourced include Information Technology (IT) and Human Resources (HR). The data below show the types of out- sourcing decisions made (no outsourcing, IT only, HR only, both IT and HR) by a sample of companies from var- ious industry sectors.