innovation processes. Yet, pharmaceutical firms must innovate to compete. Outsourcing knowledge intensive activities to knowledge …

season well underway in the U.S., the "outsourcing" of jobs from the developed to the developing world is again on the public … reaped by outsourcing firms to the outsourced employees themselves. This way the latter are directly benefited by the very …

, we examined the issues related to market reaction on IT outsourcing announcement and firm characteristics which induce … firms to outsource. We find that IT outsourcing has a strong positive effect on stock prices of announcing firms, especially … price reaction to the outsourcing announcements. We also find that firms with higher information asymmetry problems (firms …

Contractual helpdesk services, also known as call center outsourcing is a growing industry. Helpdesk solutions, which … service function. For smaller companies, outsourcing helpdesk services is becoming more and more popular given the technical … need for hiring additional staff. While the basic principles for negotiating an outsourcing contract apply, this paper …

Georgia counties’ public service outsourcing decisions, focusing on the effects of fiscal condition and political interests …

The outsourcing literature has offered a plethora of perspectives and models for understanding decision determinants … and outcomes of outsourcing of business processes. While past studies have contributed significantly to scholarly research … body of outsourcing literature that has too often neglected a provider centric perspective. By uncovering key factors that …