STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY‚ AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE INDIAN BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY SUCHETA NADKARNI Drexel University POL HERRMANN Iowa State University We examine the relationships between CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility (ability to adapt quickly to environmental changes)‚ and firm performance‚ using a sample of 195 small and medium-sized firms from the Indian business process outsourcing industry. We hypothesize that strategic flexibility mediates the relationships between
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chapter 2 PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBALIZATION chapter outline ™ Introduction ™ What is globalization? Globalization of markets Globalization of production ™ Methods of internationalizing operations Outsourcing Foreign direct investment (FDI) ™ Th eories of international business expansion Early theories of FDI Th eory of incremental internationalization Dunning’s eclectic paradigm ™ Changing patterns of FDI Destinations of FDI Outward investors ™ Impact of globalization on societies Economic
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Outsourcing BUS 630: Managerial Accounting Outsourcing The pros and cons of outsourcing varies by industry‚ size of organization‚ organizational structure‚ and many other components. The pros and cons are highlighted and the fall of Satyam to encompass a full range of accounting aspects. All size organizations outsource a portion of his or her business. Therefore‚ taking time to reflect on the points identified in this paper may enlighten or create ideas for consideration regarding outsourcing
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Part 1 Differences between “Formal Research” and “Business Proposals” There is a great difference between a formal research proposal and a business proposal. In fact these two types of proposals seem to be very similar but there are critical differences in the overall purpose‚ uses and goals. With such distinct differences for a writer it helps in understanding for writing the formal research proposal or business proposal more effectively. The general purpose of a proposal is the identify a particular
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Background to the Company 3 1.2 Success Factors 4 1.3 SWOT analysis of DELL 5 1.4 Executive Summary 7 2.0 New roles of CIO 8 2.1 Roles of CIO in IT business world 8 2.2 CIO Responsibilities 9 2.3 Dell’s CIO 11 2.4 BYOD- Dell CIO Adriana Karaboutis 12 2.5 CIO of other companies 13 2.6 Influence of DELL 15 2.7 CIOs in future 16 2.8 Critical evaluation 17 3.0 IS Finance and Investment Management 18 3.1 Introduction 18 3.2 Investment Management
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The next section contains an analysis of the relationship between procurement and resource-‐based theory and discusses empirical works on outsourcing that address outsourcing from the resource-‐based view. The studies are classified into two categories: those studying the propensity to procure and those studying
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6 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 6 Explain strategic rationale for outsourcing ........................................................................... 7 Evaluate IT leader role in service component outsourcing and subsequent insourcing9 Analyze the ways in which IT leaders can increase communication effectiveness between senior executives .............................................
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Philippine Management Review 2006‚ Vol. 13‚ pp. 1-20. INDUSTRY REPORT: THE PROBLEM OF SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN PHILIPPINE CALL CENTERS Aileen S. Alava* Facing high expectations as the newest “sunshine industry”‚ the call center industry in the Philippines appears to have dimmer prospects in the coming years. Having experienced rapid growth from 2000 to 2003‚ the industry experienced a slowdown in growth from 2004 to 2006‚ raising the question of how sustainable the country’s competitive
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security risk as a consequence of ANZ Bank recent outsourcing strategy. This report discusses three main issues that ANZ Bank’s management may have to consider if it is to enhance strength and core competency. Customer value proposition Firstly‚ as ANZ Bank has stressed that ‘becomes a super regional bank’ is a core strategy objective (ANZ 2012)‚ ANZ will have to consider the potential effect for customer value proposition as a result of recent outsourcing strategy. It has been pointed that the problem
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Ace Hardware and Dukal Corp‚ case study. Ace has more than 80 years in the market‚ operating 4600 stores in 50 states at U.S. and 70 countries. Part of the constant growing of the company‚ in the year 2000 Ace launched it’s Vision 21 strategy to boost retailer’s sales and profits‚ builting also the Ace brand. About Dukal we can see that “is a privately held and operated medical supply company. Gerry LoDuca started Dukal in 1991 after spending 15 years in the medical supplies business. He has
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