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This book focuses on the development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) and the associated market characteristics and organisational forms. It brings together reputed scholars from a mix of disciplines to explore the nature and evolution of a range of Knowledge Intensive Business...
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Globalisation and outsourcing-based strategies have reshaped the global economy. This timely book provides a strategic … outsourcing …pt. 1. Global outsourcing in the electronics industry -- pt. 2. Global electronics supply chain -- pt. 3. Growth …
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In recent years, applied studies have shown widespread, profound and increasing heterogeneity across firms in terms of their strategy, organization arrangement and performance. This book investigates the diversity of business firms, offering a picture of the different organizational settings...
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Professor Willcocks and Professor Lacity examine the economic determinants and outcomes of outsourcing and offshoring …, Elhanan Helpman, and Adam Szeidl (2005), 'Complementarities between Outsourcing and Foreign Sourcing', American Economic … in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120 (2), May …
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This cutting-edge, multidisciplinary Handbook comprises specially commissioned contributions surveying state-of-the-art research on the concept of organizational routines. An authoritative overview of the concept of organizational routines and its contributions to our understanding of...
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"Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This fascinating Research Agenda analyzes the key...
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"Many organizations are currently undertaking a digital transformation to improve their business processes and better achieve their goals. This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary trends and research at the point where business process management and digital transformation...
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Contents: 1. Introduction to managing AI wisely -- 2. What is ai? -- 3. Perspectives on AI and work -- 4. Methods and Introduction to cases -- 5. Organizing for data -- 6. Testing and validating -- 7. Algorithmic brokers -- 8. Changing work -- 9. How can AI systems be managed wisely? -- Index.
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Contents: 1. Introduction - 'changing philosophies' -- 2. The theory philosophy: 'changing theories' -- 3. The rational philosophy: 'changing plans' -- 4. The biological philosophy: 'changing organisms' -- 5. The models philosophy: 'changing consultants' -- 6. The institutional philosophy:...
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The need for a new grammar of organizing -- The orientation of activities in time and space -- The challenges of coordination -- Influence - taking a political stand on organizing -- Identity construction : mixing cultural diversity and integration in organizing -- Agreements : acknowledging the...
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