Global Outsourcing and Offshoring : An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy

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

ISBN 10: 0521193532 / ISBN 13: 9780521193535

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, ., 2011

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First Edition. xxviii, 464 pages. A bright clean copy with a touch of rubbing to the dj. Hard Cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Global Outsourcing and Offshoring : An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, .
• Publication Date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521193532
• ISBN 13: 9780521193535
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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. He has published over seventy articles and books concerning the managerial and strategic aspects of globalization. He has taught at several universities in Europe, the US, and Asia; is co-editor of Global Strategy Journal; and serves on numerous editorial boards.