Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

by Contractor, Farok J.; Kumar, Vikas; Kundu, Sumit K.; Pedersen, Torben

• ISBN13: 9781107406148
• ISBN10: 1107406145
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-07
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Global Outsourcing and Offshoring deals with some of the most fundamental structural and organizational issues facing many companies today. It considers two key strategic decisions, firstly Outsourcing: which activities or functions should be kept in-house versus outsourced; and Offshoring: in which nation is a particular function or operation best performed? These are interrelated and simultaneous decisions that are changing the spatial and organizational configuration of entire industries. The book integrates academic theories from diverse fields, including Economics, Strategy, and Industrial Organization. Contributions are drawn from scholars from 11 nations, who relate theory to practice in the pharmaceutical, automobile, medical records, appliances, human resource management, and telecommunications fields.

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface

Conceptual Frameworks and Theories

Global outsourcing and offshoring: in search of the optimal configuration for a company

Globalization of R&D: offshoring innovative activity to emerging economies

A theory of the outsourcing firm

The Offshoring and Outsourcing of R&D and Innovative Activities

Blurring firm R&D boundaries: integrating transaction costs and knowledge-based perspectives

Outsourcing, fragmentation and integration: the pharmaceutical industry

Towards a better understanding of multinational enterprises' R&D location choices

Does R&D offshoring displace or strengthen knowledge production at home? Evidence from OECD countries

Innovation across firm boundaries: a knowledge based view

Suitable organization forms for knowledge management at various R&D functions in decentralized and cooperative R&D networks

Management Issues in Offshoring and Virtual Teamwork

Changing work practices: acceptance of virtual work among knowledge professionals engaged in offshoring activities

Managing globally disaggregated teams: the role of organizational politics

Empirical Analyses and Case Studies of Outsourcing and Offshoring

Offshoring of high-value functions: a case study of US-India trade in medical transcription services

Offshoring of IT and business, professional and technical services: the recent experience of the United States

Outsourcing human resource activities

Managing core outsourcing to address fast market growth: a study of an Indian mobile telecom service provider

Imitative offshoring strategies: lessons learnt from Italian small domestic appliance industry

Index

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