Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy
Herausgeber: Contractor, Farok J.; Kundu, Sumit K.; Kumar, Vikas

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Produktbeschreibung

The first book to examine the theory and practice of outsourcing and offshoring simultaneously.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 946g
• ISBN-13: 9780521193535
• ISBN-10: 0521193532
• Artikelnr.: 30368754

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Part I.
Conceptual Frameworks and Theories: 1. Global outsourcing and offshoring:
in search of the optimal configuration for a company Farok J. Contractor,
Vikas Kumar, Torben Pedersen and Sumit Kundu; 2. Globalization of R&D:
offshoring innovative activity to emerging economies Ashok Bardhan and
Dwight Jaffee; 3. A theory of the outsourcing firm Dave Luvison and Mike
Bendixen; Part II. The Offshoring and Outsourcing of R&D and Innovative
Activities: 4. Blurring firm R&D boundaries: integrating transaction costs
and knowledge-based perspectives Andrea Martinez-Noya and Esteban
Garcia-Canal; 5. Outsourcing, fragmentation and integration: the
pharmaceutical industry Janis K. Kapler and Kimberly A. Puhala; 6. Towards
a better understanding of multinational enterprises' R&D location choices
Ana Colovic; 7. Does R&D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge
production at home? Evidence from OECD countries Lucia Piscitello and
Grazia D. Santangelo; 8. Innovation across firm boundaries: a knowledge
based view Salma Alguezaui and Raffaele Filieri; 9. Suitable organization
forms for knowledge management at various R&D functions in decentralized
and cooperative R&D networks Hsing Hung Chen; Part III. Management Issues
in Offshoring and Virtual Teamwork: 10. Changing work practices: acceptance
of virtual work among knowledge professionals engaged in offshoring
activities Elisa Mattarelli and Maria Rita Tagliaventi; 11. Managing
globally disaggregated teams: the role of organizational politics Shahzad
M. Ansari, Jatinder S. Sidhu, Henk W. Volberda and Ilan Oshri; Part IV.
Empirical Analyses and Case Studies of Outsourcing and Offshoring: 12.
Offshoring of high-value functions: a case study of US-India trade in
medical transcription services Nir Kshetri and Nikhilesh Dholakia; 13.
Offshoring of IT and business, professional and technical services: the
recent experience of the United States Thomas J. Norman and Mahmood A.
Zaidi; 14. Outsourcing human resource activities Thomas J. Norman; 15.
Managing core outsourcing to address fast market growth: a study of an
Indian mobile telecom service provider Raghunath Subramanyam; 16. Imitative
offshoring strategies: lessons learnt from Italian small domestic appliance
industry Gabriella Lojacono and Olga Annushkina; Index.