Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices
Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices

Author: Ilan Oshri

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 3319267396

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This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th international Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, held in La Thuile, Italy, in February 2015. The 14 contributions included were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The book offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The range of topics covered is wide and diverse, but predominately focused on how to achieve success and innovation in global sourcing. The topics discussed combine theoretical and practical insights regarding challenges that industry leaders, policy makers, and professionals face. Case studies from various organizations, industries and countries are used extensively throughout the book to illustrate results and findings.

The Dynamics of Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices
The Dynamics of Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices

Author: Julia Kotlarsky

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 3642339204

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This book contains 13 carefully revised and selected papers from the 6th Workshop on Global Sourcing, held in Courchevel, France, during March 12-15, 2012. They have been selected from 46 submissions and represent both client and supplier perspectives on sourcing of global services. This volume is intended for use by students, academics, and practitioners interested in the outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business processes. It offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool-kit for students and managers. The topics discussed combine theoretical and practical insights, and they are extensively illustrated by case studies from client and vendor organizations. Last but not least, the book examines current and future trends in outsourcing and offshoring, paying particular attention to the centrality of innovation in sourcing arragements, and how innovation can be realized in outsourcing.

Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices
Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices

Author: Ilan Oshri

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9783319267401

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This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th international Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, held in La Thuile, Italy, in February 2015. The 14 contributions included were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The book offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The range of topics covered is wide and diverse, but predominately focused on how to achieve success and innovation in global sourcing. The topics discussed combine theoretical and practical insights regarding challenges that industry leaders, policy makers, and professionals face. Case studies from various organizations, industries and countries are used extensively throughout the book to illustrate results and findings. .

Global Perspectives on Achieving Success in High and Low Cost Operating Environments
Global Perspectives on Achieving Success in High and Low Cost Operating Environments

Author: Roos, Göran

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-03-31

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 1466658290

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Competing in both high and low-cost operating environments can present a number of unique challenges. In light of global competition and the changing scope of various industries due to technological advancement, these challenges must be addressed in order to ensure business success. Global Perspectives on Achieving Success in High and Low Cost Operating Environments features a collection of research and case studies addressing contemporary issues surrounding operational success in various regions. Business professionals, managers, academics, and upper-level students will find this publication an essential resource for the latest tools and solutions for managing operations in diverse operating environments.

Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes
Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes

Author: Alor-Hernández, Giner

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2016-05-03

Total Pages: 707

ISBN-13: 1522501312

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Competitive advantage is a key factor to the success of any business in modern society. To achieve this goal, effective strategies for process improvement must be researched and implemented into an organization. The Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes examines optimization techniques for improved business operations and procedures in the industrial sector. Highlighting management techniques, innovative approaches, and technological tools, this publication is an essential reference source for professionals, researchers, consultants, upper-level students, and academicians interested in the advancement of knowledge in industrial communities.

Global Sourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes
Global Sourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes

Author: Ilan Oshri

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-09-09

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 3642154166

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This book contains 14 carefully reviewed and selected papers from the 4th Workshop on Global Sourcing, held in Zermatt, Switzerland, March 22-25, 2010. They have been gleaned from a vast empirical base brought together by leading researchers of outsourcing and off shoring. This volume is intended for use by students, academics and practitioners interested in the outsourcing and off shoring of information technology and business processes. It offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and off shoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The sourcing models available to client firms are discussed in great depth. Vendor capabilities as well as client capabilities are studied and links are offered to the various sourcing models. Issues pertaining to knowledge and expertise are also discussed. Last but not least, the book examines current and future trends in outsourcing and off shoring, paying particular attention to the role that CIOs will play in shaping their sourcing strategies.

Global Sourcing of Digital Services: Micro and Macro Perspectives
Global Sourcing of Digital Services: Micro and Macro Perspectives

Author: Ilan Oshri

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 3319703056

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This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 11th international Global Sourcing Workshop 2017, held in La Thuile, Italy, in February 2017. The 10 contributions included were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The book offers a review of the key topics in sourcing of services, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The range of topics covered in this book is wide and diverse, offering micro and macro perspectives on successful sourcing of services. Case studies from various organizations, industries and countries are used extensively throughout the book, giving it a unique position within the current literature offering.

Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-02-07

Total Pages: 2100

ISBN-13: 1799824497

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Globalization, accelerated by information technologies, has increased the speed of business transactions and has reduced the distances between international businesses. This growth has transformed the realm of foreign investment in countries around the world, calling for a methodological approach to planning feasible capital investment proposals in general and foreign direct investment projects. Foreign Direct Investments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a vital reference source that explores the importance of global stocks to economic structures and explores the effects that these holdings have on the financial status of nations. It also provides a systems approach to investment projects in a globalized and open society. Highlighting a range of topics such as foreign direct investors, risk analysis, and sourcing strategies, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business managers, executives, international companies, entrepreneurs, researchers, academicians, graduate students, policymakers, investors, and project managers.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Business Convergence, Computing, and Legality
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Business Convergence, Computing, and Legality

Author: Khurana, Reema

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-06-30

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1466642106

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As digital technologies develop, companies envision new ways to incorporate ever more disparate elements in their products, such as the combination of computing power and telecommunications in modern smart phones. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Business Convergence, Computing, and Legality investigates the development of convergent and interoperable systems in business environments, with a particular focus on potential legal implications that emerge when a company begins branching out into domains traditionally occupied by suppliers and consumers. Business and law professionals—both in academia and in practice—will use this book to gain a greater understanding of the growth of convergence in the field of information technologies and how such transformations affect business practices around the world.