Review (2012) 24‚ 155e163 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/iimb IIMB INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE Stress and organisational citizenship behaviours in Indian business process outsourcing organisations Ajay K. Jain a‚*‚ Cary L. Cooper b a Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences‚ School of Business and Social Sciences‚ Aarhus University‚ 8000 Aarhus C‚ Denmark b Lancaster University Management School‚ Dean’s Suite
Premium Sociology Management Organization
December 01‚ 2010 Case Study Analysis # 70 Castlebridge‚ a maker of high-quality outerwear‚ located in London is at a cross roads. Although its headquarters operates from London‚ most of its manufacturing has moved offshore. With the last domestic factory slated to close‚ the firm’s executives struggle to preserve the "Britishness" of the brand. On the other hand‚ the company has to reduce costs to remain profitable. It seems that moving production offshore is inevitable. The executives believe
Premium Restaurant Eating Food
OUTSOURCING CONCEPT: THE SURVIVING STRATEGY FOR MODERN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE BY BRIGHT W. AMADI Introduction The concept of outsourcing is traced back to the concept of Supply Chain Management that is centred on cost minimization and optimization of operational core competent. It is not to be argued that business enterprise operates in varying environment of activities that is supported to achieving customer satisfaction and increase shareholders’ investment or return on investment. Outsourcing
Premium Management
DID CHRYSLER MAKE THE RIGHT OUTSOURCING DECISION? On April 4‚ 2008‚ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)‚ a leading global information technology services provider‚ announced it had signed a multi-year‚ multimillion dollar outsourcing contract to provide Chrysler LLC with a comprehensive set of information technology services. Was this a good move for Chrysler? Tata Consultancy Services is a unit of the Tata Group‚ and a sister division to Tata Motors‚ a company that will compete in India – and potentially
Premium Automotive industry Ford Motor Company Chrysler
16-29 Relocating Low-to-Medium Tech Manufacturing Activities to Developing Countries: Empirical Analysis of Taiwanese and South Korean Manufacturing Outsourcing to Bangladesh Md. Mamunur Rashid1and Md. Samim Al-Azad2 Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine the objectives and factors influencing the offshore outsourcing decision of manufacturing firms from emerging countries to developing countries like Bangladesh. The theoretical framework is developed with three categories of
Premium Outsourcing Investment Business terms
The Effect of Outsourcing on the U.S. Economy: Are China and India Threats or Opportunities The U.S. economy has been negatively affected by Globalization and Outsourcing. The more U.S. based companies continue to outsource jobs‚ the more risk America takes in allowing other countries to pose a threat to our economy as a whole. Could other countries such as China or India be a threat to the U.S. Economy? With the overwhelming increase of outsourcing jobs‚ this question has become a valid
Premium
1. What were LEGO’s main expectations and learnings from the relationship with Flextronics? Prior to the Flextronics offshore outsourcing project‚ LEGO had a very tight control of all the elements of the value chain. Their production plants were expansive and specialized which‚ in theory‚ would create a higher degree of standardization. Their Swiss factories only produced DUPLO toys and Technic products‚ their Danish factory solely produced LEGO System products‚ and the U.S. facility focused on
Premium Outsourcing Lego Group
is being delivered by the service environment. Ques. 3 How can customers contribute to value and satisfaction enhancement of services? Ques. 4 How does the intangible nature of service merit a different marketing treatment? Section-B Case Study. CNN – IBN Differentiating from the market leader In a competitive market‚ journalism has to be a collective enterprise. Stories that are in the public interest are overlooked by and large by the media because of stiff competition‚ which
Premium Business process outsourcing Outsourcing
Acta Technica Jaurinensis Series Logistica Vol. 1‚ No.2‚ 2008 Outsourcing Distribution to a Third Party Logistics Provider Relying Upon Cost Savings Criteria B. Hirkó Department of Logistics and Forwarding‚ Széchenyi István University H-9026‚ Győr‚ Egyetem tér 1. Hungary e-mail: hirko@sze.hu Abstract: Outsourcing logistics areas is widely regarded for the last decades as a useful approach to reducing costs and gaining competitive advantage. Thus‚ the strategy of employing third-party logistics
Premium Logistics Supply chain management Average
CASE: SM-151 DATE: 05/16/06 INFOSYS CONSULTING IN 2006: LEADING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING There is no doubt in my mind that five years from now‚ the Infosys Consulting model will be the standard way of doing things where technology development is done off-site. We are one of the fastest growing IT consulting firms in the world. Our major bottlenecks right now are convincing clients to break with old habits and take a chance on a new‚ better model and
Premium Management consulting