This article provides a systematic review of the literature on backsourcing. The aim is to synthesize existing literature in order to compare and analyze similarities and differences in backsourcing in the private and public sectors. The study asks questions about: which methods and theories have been used, why backsourcing has been implemented, and what reasons have been described for backsourcing. The study is based on an analysis of 500 articles about backsourcing and 33 articles in the final data set. The results show that backsourcing is primarily caused by: increased costs, lack of quality, and contract problems in the private sector, along with loss of control, cost saving, and changed strategy in the public sector. The study's synthesis highlights three explanations for how backsourcing is managed and interpreted in both the sectors. The article contributes specifically to summarizing current research on backsourcing, synthesizing how backsourcing has been studied, illustrating gaps in the research, as well as explaining relevant differences between private and public backsourcing.

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私营和公共部门的后包——系统回顾

本文对有关外包的文献进行了系统回顾。目的是综合现有文献，比较和分析私营和公共部门后包的异同。该研究提出了以下问题：使用了哪些方法和理论，为什么实施后包，以及描述了后包的原因是什么。该研究基于对 500 篇有关外包的文章和最终数据集中的 33 篇文章的分析。结果表明，后包的主要原因是：私营部门的成本增加、质量缺乏和合同问题，以及公共部门的失控、成本节约和战略改变。该研究的综合报告重点介绍了这两个领域如何管理和解释外包的三种解释。