The Effect of Offshoring on the Information Technology Sector
The Effect of Offshoring on the Information Technology Sector

Author: Mohammed K. Yusuf

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-02-08

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1450288936

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This book is generated from a thesis written by this author in 2009 and provides an insight into the myth that is offshore outsourcing. The Information Technology field has often been criticized for its offshore outsourcing strategy and the negative impact it has on the American Economy. This book however, will provide insight and data gathered over the last twenty years, to show the true effects of offshore outsourcing. The advantages provided by offshore outsourcing are evident through the research in this book. Are we really losing all our jobs to offshore outsourcing? The rapid deployment of call centers to Asia Pac, has many claiming that all our jobs are overseas, this book gives you an insight into how globalization has affected the Information Technology field. The results might surprise you.

Offshoring Information Technology
Offshoring Information Technology

Author: Erran Carmel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-05-12

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781139444507

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The decision to source software development to an overseas firm (offshoring) is looked at frequently in simple economic terms - it's cheaper, and skilled labor is easier to find. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties. As well as the considerable challenge of controlling projects at a distance, there are differences in culture, language, business methods, politics, and many other issues to contend with. Nevertheless, as many firms have discovered, the benefits of getting it right are too great to ignore. This book explains everything you need to know to put offshoring into practice, avoid the pitfalls, and develop effective working relationships. It covers a comprehensive range of the important offshoring issues: from ROI to strategy, from SLA to culture, from country comparisons to provider marketing. Written for CTOs, CIOs, consultants, and other IT executives, this book is also an excellent introduction to sourcing for business students.

Information Systems Project Management
Information Systems Project Management

Author: David Avison

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1412957028

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Includes appications of both information technology and production-operations management with a focus on information systems to demonstrate the real environment that exists for IS projects.

Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Tan, Felix B.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2007-10-31

Total Pages: 4194

ISBN-13: 1599049406

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"This collection compiles research in all areas of the global information domain. It examines culture in information systems, IT in developing countries, global e-business, and the worldwide information society, providing critical knowledge to fuel the future work of researchers, academicians and practitioners in fields such as information science, political science, international relations, sociology, and many more"--Provided by publisher.

International Business
International Business

Author: Andrew Delios

Publisher: FT Press

Published: 2012-12-10

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 0133409961

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International Business: An Asia Pacific Perspective (Second Edition) provides a unique exploration of the topic of international business. It examines decisions relevant to managers in internationalizing and multinational firms operating in the Asia Pacific region. Its uniqueness stems from the cutting-edge conceptual material that underlies the decision-making frameworks in the text and in the numerous Asian company examples and illustrations. Users of this text examine such essential topics as the measurement and analysis of the cultural, political and economic dimensions of the international environment; the formation of internationalization strategies, including entry mode choice and strategic alliances; the analysis of the competitive implications of multinational firms and business groups; multinational, subsidiary and expatriate management; and the management of ethical issues.

The Factory-free Economy
The Factory-free Economy

Author: Lionel Fontagné

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 019877916X

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An economic analysis of de-industrialization that considers the ongoing transformation of the industrial economies and the consequences for economic policy.

Information Technology Outsourcing
Information Technology Outsourcing

Author: Suzanne Rivard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1317467922

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This new volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series presents the latest cutting-edge knowledge in IT outsourcing. As part of the growing business trend to outsourcing various operations, IT outsourcing both determines the governance of a vital organizational function and influences the processes of exploitation and exploration in all other functions of an enterprise. In keeping with the mission of the "AMIS" series, the editors of this volume have framed the domain of research and practice broadly. "Information Technology Outsourcing" provides leading edge research on both the variety of decisions regarding the outsourcing of IS services and the management of the relationship with service suppliers.

Handbook of Research on Global Information Technology Management in the Digital Economy
Handbook of Research on Global Information Technology Management in the Digital Economy

Author: Raisinghani, Mahesh S.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2008-01-31

Total Pages: 588

ISBN-13: 1599048760

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Includes the most important issues, concepts, trends and technologies in the field of global information technology management, covering topics such as the technical platform for global IS applications, information systems projects spanning cultures, managing information technology in corporations, and global information technology systems and socioeconomic development in developing countries.

Can American Manufacturing Be Saved?
Can American Manufacturing Be Saved?

Author: Michele NashHoff

Publisher: Garrett County Press

Published: 2012-12-15

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 0966646916

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This book details how manufacturing developed in America through the industrial revolution and labor movement, analyzes the impact of outsourcing offshore and our nation’s trade policies, looks at what various organizations are doing to try to help save American manufacturing, and what we can do as individuals from the perspective of business owners, employees, consumers, and voters to save American manufacturing. Author Michele NashHoff argues that we will not be able to save American manufacturing unless we develop a national manufacturing strategy and change our trade policies. She supports a “Buy American” policy, recommends preventing the sale of strategic U.S.owned companies to foreign companies, and enacting legislation to prevent corporations from avoiding income taxes by incorporating in a foreign country. The 2012 edition also describes the "Reshoring Initiative" and considers the reasons why companies are returning manufacturing back to America from Asia.