Theoretical Framework and Scientific Research Design Addressing the Effect of Outsourcing on the Traditional Employer-Employee Relationship Penny Grunder American Intercontinental University Abstract Using the theoretical framework from Sekaran’s book‚ this paper will examine the relationship between outsourcing‚ employee attitudes toward their employers‚ and the standard employer-employee relationship. This paper will describe the definitions of key terms‚ employee
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Brazil has emerged as a global competitor in a range of sophisticated technology sectors. They have launched active campaigns to build a strong international competitive position in the information technology off shoring business. Their IT out sourcing sector is small relative to India ’s. The theory about international trade states that the differences in endowment factors of production‚ levels of technology that determine the factor intensities used‚ efficiencies with which these factor intensities
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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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Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR Articles and Chapters ILR Collection 10-1-2008 Economic Development Strategies and Macro- and Micro-level Human Resource Policies: The Case of India’s “Outsourcing” Industry Sarosh Kuruvilla Cornell University‚ sck4@cornell.edu Aruna Ranganathan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles Part of the Human Resources Management Commons This Article is brought
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for 800‚000 people‚ and an increase in new customers by offering its outsourcing HR skills to other businesses. Of these the biggest benefit is that IBM Global Services and Fidelity announced that they are forming a relationship to market HR payroll and benefits outsourcing services. Areas of joint cooperation will include providing clients with consulting services around evaluating and implementing HR and benefits outsourcing solutions. So the blueprint of the deal looks like this: IBM hands over
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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
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Theory in international business Robert Grosse* and Jack N. Behrman** International business has existed as a distinct field of study for the past three decades‚ but it does not have a widely accepted explanatory theory on which to base its uniqueness as a discipline. David Ricardo ’s theory of comparative advantage‚ Raymond Vernon ’s product life cycle‚ John Dunning ’s eclectic theory and all others are essentially explanations of business between domestic firms or regions‚ as well as international
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BA 390 Notes 04-01-13 (Lecture 1) * Integrated marketing program is a comprehensive plan that communicates and delivers the intended value to chosen customers. 04-03-13 (Lecture 2) * Downsizing: Reduction of the business portfolio by eliminating products and businesses units that aren’t profitable. * Market segment: Group of consumers who respond in a similar way to a given set of marketing efforts. 04-08-13 (Lecture 3) * Publics: Group that has an actual or potential interest
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Nike Case Answers– Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadership of Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the set of unofficial relationships between organization members. Potential advantages of informal structures: ▪ Helping people
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Case Study: Amazon: Nike: Spreading Out to Stay Together Nike‚ Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world ’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal
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