Global financial crises, profitability and outsourcing in industrial companies in Poland

The purpose of the article was to determine whether there is a relationship between the use of outsourcing and profitability in industry depending on time. The research sample consisted of 200 enterprises operating on the Polish market. The study covered the years 2000-2018. The study was divided into 2 parts. It turned out that during the financial crisis, profitability is significantly lower in the case of return on assets. During the crisis, industrial companies were on the verge of profitability and deficit. The average level of return on assets during the crisis was significantly lower than before and after the crisis. Given the return on equity and return on sales, the planned contrast turned out to be statistically insignificant. It should be noted that there is a certain limitation in the interpretation of results, because external services also consist of services that are not outsourced, e.g. banking services. In addition, there is agreement that with the increase in the use of services of external suppliers (leading to an increase in the cost of external services), the profitability of sales decreases. The study does not allow one to draw a conclusion about the existence of a relationship between the use of outsourcing in industrial companies and profitability