Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-19353-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 946 g

Companies are increasingly asking which of their value chain activities are best performed within their own company and which may be outsourced. In addition, they are also considering which pieces of their value chain may be better performed abroad. These interrelated decisions concerning outsourcing and offshoring have not only changed entire industries, they have also transformed the lives of people across the world. Hundreds of millions of jobs in emerging nations have been the direct result of outsourcing and offshoring decisions. At the same time, many people in the developed world have lost their jobs because a company has been able to find a cheaper alternative. Featuring contributions from scholars in eleven different countries, this book is the first to examine the theory and practice of outsourcing and offshoring simultaneously. It includes studies of a variety of different industries, including pharmaceuticals, automobiles, medical records, appliances, human resource management and telecommunications.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Contractor, Farok J.

Kumar, Vikas

Kundu, Sumit K.

Pedersen, Torben

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Contractor, Farok J.
Farok J. Contractor is Professor of International Business in the Management and Global Business Department at Rutgers Business School. He has one of the highest citation counts amongst scholars in the field of international management and has previously taught at the Wharton School, Copenhagen Business School, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Nanyang Technological University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, XLRI (India), Lubin School of Business, Theseus, and EDHEC.

Kumar, Vikas
Vikas Kumar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business at the University of Sydney. From 2004 to 2009 he was Assistant Professor of International Business and Strategy in the Department of Management at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He was also a visiting scholar at the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects (CRGP) at Stanford University from 2008 to 2009.

Pedersen, Torben
Torben Pedersen is Professor of International Business in the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization at Copenhagen Business School, where he is also Head of the Department of International Economics and Management. He is a member of the executive board of European International Business Academy (EIBA) and is editor of the website of the Journal of International Business Studies.

Kundu, Sumit K.
Sumit K. Kundu is the Knight-Ridder Research Professor of International Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University, Miami. He has taught several international business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Florida International University, Saint Louis University, State University of New York, Northeastern University, and Rutgers University.

Farok J. Contractor is Professor of International Business in the Management and Global Business Department at Rutgers Business School. He has one of the highest citation counts amongst scholars in the field of international management and has previously taught at the Wharton School, Copenhagen Business School, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Nanyang Technological University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, XLRI (India), Lubin School of Business, Theseus, and EDHEC.

Vikas Kumar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business at the University of Sydney. From 2004 to 2009 he was Assistant Professor of International Business and Strategy in the Department of Management at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. He was also a visiting scholar at the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects (CRGP) at Stanford University from 2008 to 2009.

Sumit K. Kundu is the Knight-Ridder Research Professor of International Business in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University, Miami. He has taught several international business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Florida International University, Saint Louis University, State University of New York, Northeastern University, and Rutgers University.

Torben Pedersen is Professor of International Business in the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization at Copenhagen Business School, where he is also Head of the Department of International Economics and Management. He is a member of the executive board of European International Business Academy (EIBA) and is editor of the website of the Journal of International Business Studies.