Notice of RetractionRisk Identification of FM Service Outsourcing Based on Outsourcing Life Cycle

Notice of Retraction

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Facilities management (FM) service outsourcing operation is recognized to have important potential benefits, including reducing the cost, focusing on the core business, increasing operational flexibility, but, in some circumstances, FM service outsourcing entails risk, and that it sometimes leads to undesirable consequences that are the opposite of the expected benefits, such as loss of core competence, less flexibility. The main purpose of this paper is to identify the risk of FM service outsourcing from outsourcing life cycle perspective through three related phases: pre-contract, contract, and post-contract. This paper first presents the life cycle of FM service outsourcing. Then according to phases of life cycle, the risks of FM service outsourcing are identified. Lastly, this paper presents some future work.