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Managing Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic Impact is an
important contribution to both the literature and practice of
managing emerging technology. Importantly, this book not only
considers the economic impact but also the wider societal impact
and benefit. It is recommended reading for all those who aspire to
steward emergent technologies into reality.' - Martin Curley, Vice
President, Director, Intel Labs Europe, Intel Corporation'This book
offers a series of fascinating studies about the emergence of new
technologies in different eco-systems of
university-industry-government relations.' - Loet Leydesdorff,
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 'The chapters in this
exciting new book explore the ways in which new technologies
emerge, develop and are then commercialized. The chapters, many of
which are by exciting young European scholars, are both
theoretically and empirically sophisticated. If the reader is
interested in how emerging technologies create socio-economic
impact, this book will provide them with unique new insights. I
recommend the book to all readers.'- Martin Kenney, University of
California, Davis, US The development of emerging technologies
demands a rapidly expanding knowledge base and intensive
collaboration across organizational, institutional and cultural
borders. This book is the first of its kind to focus on the
management of key emerging technologies and their social and
economic impact in Europe. Split into four parts, across 17
chapters, the scholars offer multiple levels of analysis concerning
the management of emerging technologies across various sectors
ranging from nanotechnology, renewable energy and cloud computing
to synthetic biology and particle therapy for cancer. They present
their research findings in critical areas including: -
organizational capabilities for technological innovation in key
enabling technologies - collaboration and networking to shape their
emergence and progression - strategic challenges for policy makers
who influence the sustainable and responsible development of
emerging technologies - how such technologies affect work and
communication practices in a variety of organizational settings.
This book is a must-read for innovation practitioners, academics
and policy makers who take interest in the on going debate about
how to shape innovation policy and manage emerging technologies.
Contributors: A. Alexiou, D.G. Assimakopoulos, A. Carafa, D. Cotta,
J.P. Damijan, E. Dolgova, R. Dombrovski, D. van Doren, M.
Drenkovska, P. Durgam, A. Es-Sajjade, B. Gao, S. Khanagha, J.P.
Madiedo, N. Maya, I. Oshri, D. Pacauskas, K. Pandza, A. Parker, M.
Pero, T. Reiss, M. Rossi, F. Salvador, B. Schrempf, J. Sidhu, H.W.
Volberda, T.A Wilkins, M. Wolf
This book is a guide for achieving innovation through outsourcing.
Unpacking the various challenges faced by client firms and
suppliers, the authors take the reader through the innovation
lifecycle and devise a clear plan to achieve valuable results.
Offering practical frameworks and tools to ensure informed
decision-making at every stage, this book also includes
collaborative structures and metrics to measure outcomes. Written
by leading figures in the area of outsourcing, this book offers
both the academic rigor and the hands-on experience based on dozens
of cases that walk the reader from the very beginning of the
outsourcing journey to the successful delivery of transformative
innovations.
This book is a guide for achieving innovation through outsourcing.
Unpacking the various challenges faced by client firms and
suppliers, the authors take the reader through the innovation
lifecycle and devise a clear plan to achieve valuable results.
Offering practical frameworks and tools to ensure informed
decision-making at every stage, this book also includes
collaborative structures and metrics to measure outcomes. Written
by leading figures in the area of outsourcing, this book offers
both the academic rigor and the hands-on experience based on dozens
of cases that walk the reader from the very beginning of the
outsourcing journey to the successful delivery of transformative
innovations.
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 11th
international Global Sourcing Workshop 2017, held in La Thuile,
Italy, in February 2017. The 10 contributions included were
carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The book
offers a review of the key topics in sourcing of services,
populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to
students and managers. The range of topics covered in this book is
wide and diverse, offering micro and macro perspectives on
successful sourcing of services. Case studies from various
organizations, industries and countries are used extensively
throughout the book, giving it a unique position within the current
literature offering.
This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 10th
Global Sourcing Workshop held in Val d'Isere, France, in February
2016. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The book offers a review
of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring of information
technology and business services offering practical frameworks that
serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The range of topics
covered is wide and diverse, but predominately focused on how to
achieve success in shared services and outsourcing. More
specifically, the book examines outsourcing decisions and
management practices, giving specific attention to shared services
that have become one of the dominant sourcing models. The topics
discussed combine theoretical and practical insights regarding
challenges that industry leaders, policy makers, and professionals
face or should be concerned with. Case studies from various
organizations, industries and countries such as UK, Italy, The
Netherlands, Canada, Australia and Denmark complete the book.
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 9th
international Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, held in La Thuile,
Italy, in February 2015. The 14 contributions included were
carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The book
offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring,
populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to
students and managers. The range of topics covered is wide and
diverse, but predominately focused on how to achieve success and
innovation in global sourcing. The topics discussed combine
theoretical and practical insights regarding challenges that
industry leaders, policy makers, and professionals face. Case
studies from various organizations, industries and countries are
used extensively throughout the book to illustrate results and
findings.
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Governing Sourcing Relationships. A Collection of Studies at the Country, Sector and Firm Level - 8th Global Sourcing Workshop 2014, Val d'Isere, France, March 23-26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
Julia Kotlarsky, Ilan Oshri, Leslie P. Willcocks
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R2,133
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This book contains 11 papers from the 8th Workshop on Global
Sourcing, held in Val d'Isere, France, during March 23-26, 2014,
which were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions.
They are based on a vast empirical base brought together by leading
researchers in information systems, strategic management, and
operations. This volume is intended for students, academics, and
practitioners interested in research results and experiences in
outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business
processes. Topics discussed in this book combine theoretical and
practical insights regarding challenges that industry leaders,
policy makers, and professionals face; and they predominantly focus
on how sourcing relationships are governed at the national,
industry, and firm level. The contributions also examine current
and future trends in outsourcing, paying particular attention to
cloud services and their impact on the outsourcing sector.
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Advances in Global Sourcing. Models, Governance, and Relationships - 7th Global Sourcing Workshop 2013, Val d'Isere, France, March 11-14, 2013, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie P. Willcocks
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R1,557
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This book contains 13 papers from the 7th Workshop on Global
Sourcing, held in Val d'Isere, France, during March 11-14, 2013,
which were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions.
They are based on a vast empirical base brought together by leading
researchers in information systems, strategic management, and
operations.
This volume is intended for students, academics, and
practitioners interested in research results and experiences on
outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business
processes. The topics discussed represent both client and supplier
perspectives on sourcing of global services, combine theoretical
and practical insights regarding challenges that both clients and
vendors face, and include case studies from client and vendor
organizations."
This book contains 13 carefully revised and selected papers from
the 6th Workshop on Global Sourcing, held in Courchevel, France,
during March 12-15, 2012. They have been selected from 46
submissions and represent both client and supplier perspectives on
sourcing of global services. This volume is intended for use by
students, academics, and practitioners interested in the
outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business
processes. It offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and
offshoring, populated with practical frameworks that serve as a
tool-kit for students and managers. The topics discussed combine
theoretical and practical insights, and they are extensively
illustrated by case studies from client and vendor organizations.
Last but not least, the book examines current and future trends in
outsourcing and offshoring, paying particular attention to the
centrality of innovation in sourcing arragements, and how
innovation can be realized in outsourcing.
The global offshore outsourcing market for IT and business services
exceeded $55 billion in 2008 and some estimates suggest an annual
growth rate of 20% over the next five years. Furthermore, over 200
firms from the Forbes 2000 companies and 50 per cent of the Fortune
Global 500 had offshored IT and business process activities through
captive centres, making a total of about $9bn of business. The
phenomenon of offshoring and offshore-outsourcing is certainly
expanding. It has become increasingly important to understand the
phenomenon, not least as a basis for suggesting what directions it
will take, its impacts, how it has been conducted, and how its
management can be better facilitated. This book offers a broad
perspective on various issues relating to the sourcing of systems
and business processes in a national and global context. The
authors examine both the client's and the vendor's involvement in
sourcing relationships by putting the emphasis on the capabilities
that each side should develop prior to entering a relationship but
also that they should develop as a result of their interactions
with each other.
A fully revised and updated edition of this essential book from the
world's leading outsourcing experts. The global outsourcing market
for IT and business services exceeded $485 billion in 2011 and is
set to grow at 8-10% per annum until 2015. Of this, $65 billion was
offshore outsourcing where some estimates suggest an annual growth
rate of 15-20% over the next five years. Furthermore, over 50 per
cent of the Fortune Global 500 had offshored IT and business
process activities through captive centres, representing $9 billion
of business. The expansion of outsourcing and offshoring, and the
emergence of new sourcing models are challenging existing
management practices. It has become increasingly important to
understand the phenomena, not least as a basis for suggesting what
directions it will take, its impacts, how it has been conducted,
and how its management can be better facilitated. This book offers
a broad perspective on various issues relating to the sourcing of
IT and business processes and services in a company, national and
global contexts. The authors examine both the client's and the
vendor's involvement in sourcing relationships by putting the
emphasis on the capabilities that each side should develop prior to
entering a relationship but also that they should develop as a
result of their interactions with each other.
Global sourcing is a complex area, and one that managers must get
to grips with as business investment in outsourcing continues to
climb. This book provides invaluable guidance for the reader,
walking them through the fundamentals of global sourcing to very
recent trends, including intelligent automation, cloud services and
crowdsourcing. Replete with key examples and cases, it allows
students and managers alike to relate academic theory to practice,
acting as a roadmap to a rapidly evolving field. For the last
decade, the authors have studied the full spectrum of activities
involved in global sourcing from both client, supplier and advisory
viewpoints. Their research has shown that while more firms engage
in global sourcing activities, many of them are still struggling to
extract value from sourcing relationships. While past research has
produced numerous practical frameworks regarding the management of
global sourcing of services, little of this insight has been put
into practice. This book addresses such shortcomings by exploring
the impact of theory on practice. It is important reading for any
academic, student or practitioner concerned with global sourcing
either from the client or supplier perspective.
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Digital Technologies for Global Sourcing of Services - 14th International Workshop on Global Sourcing of Information Technology and Business Processes, Global Sourcing 2019, Obergurgl, Austria, December 18-21, 2019, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie P. Willcocks
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R1,557
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This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 14th
International Global Sourcing Workshop 2019, held in Obergurgl,
Austria, in December 2019. The 10 contributions included were
carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 36 submissions.The
book offers a review of the key topics in sourcing of services,
populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to
students and managers. The range of topics covered in this book is
wide and diverse, offering various perspectives on the employment
of digital technologies in the context of sourcing services. More
specifically the book examines sourcing decisions and management
practices around digital platforms, robotic process automation and
blockchain, giving specific attention to digital aspects of
innovation in sourcing.
The expansion of outsourcing and offshoring activities, and the
emergence of new sourcing models, have profoundly challenged
existing management concepts and practices. Consequently, it has
become increasingly important to understand the phenomenon and its
implications for business and management. The study of outsourcing
and offshoring continues rapidly to develop but, in the last decade
especially, several areas have emerged as crucial to the
comprehension of offshoring and outsourcing. First, researchers
have attempted to understand the strategic intent behind
outsourcing and offshoring and the determinants in such decisions.
Second, numerous studies have examined the risk and success
factors. Third, research has taken a keen interest in exploring
capabilities, knowledge, and culture in outsourcing and offshoring.
Finally, more recent studies have focused on advancements in the
practice of outsourcing and offshoring following the introduction
of cloud computing. By addressing these four areas in particular,
along with other critical questions, this new four-volume
collection from Routledge brings together a vast body of knowledge
on outsourcing and offshoring. Fully indexed and including a new
introduction by the editor, it is an essential research resource.
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 12th
international Global Sourcing Workshop 2018, held in La Thuile,
Italy, in February 2018. The 9 contributions included were
carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The book
offers a review of the key topics in sourcing of services,
populated with practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to
students and managers. The range of topics covered in this book is
wide and diverse, offering micro and macro perspectives on
successful sourcing of services. Case studies from various
organizations, industries and countries are used extensively
throughout the book, giving it a unique position within the current
literature offering.
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