Global outsourcing strategies : an international reference on effective outsourcing relationships / [edited by] Peter Barrar and Roxane Gervais.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The outsourcing decision : a strategic framework -- Research on outsourcing : theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence -- Outsourcing : drivers and future developments -- The evolution of outsourcing -- Global IT sourcing : analysis, developments and best-practice considerations -- Global technology transfer : personal experience from GM and the private sector -- The relationship between corporate competitiveness strategy, innovation, increased efficiency, productivity growth and outsourcing -- Outsourcing : the employee perspective -- Outsourcing for a competitive advantage : the human resource dimensions -- Outsourcing activities in the world economy -- SMEs' ability to go global : relevance of aggregation and critical e-applications in outsourcing -- The economic rationale and labour market effects of outsourcing : a survey -- Transforming organisations : an analysis of outsourcing and its effects on trade unions -- The materiality of outsourcing -- Legal aspects of outsourcing : an overall perspective -- Risk mitigation and outsourcing : alternative models for managing supply risk -- Use of service credits to mediate performance in an outsourcing agreement -- Critical requirements for building and sustaining a successful outsourcing relationship -- Outsourcing : ethical supply chain issues -- Clean skin at the Kinleith Mill -- Key questions to ask when contracting out government services : an application to orderly services -- Offshoring and the SME.

A state-of-the-art guide to the best lessons to be learned for successfully implementing and outsourcing projects, or for revisiting existing operations. The 22 chapters explore some of the new areas for outsourcingm after traditional targets such as IT and finance.

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