changes on many industries and professions - including Facility Management. This paper provides a "snapshot view" of how … Facility Managers and Facility Management departments are navigating the financial meltdown. Preliminary research focused on … previous recessionary periods, and the impact that they had on the development of Facility Management. In the recessions of the …

a model of the antecedents of customer partnering behavior in logistics outsourcing relationships. It is proposed that a …

concentrateson supplier selection problem. Recently, outsourcing has become the prime part of thecompany. The activities which are … hurdle in outsourcing is toselect a suitable supplier. The right supplier will lead to the fulfillment of the company … problem.This thesis study has attempted to advance the art of supply chain management bydeveloping a heuristic methodology …

. Für die Strukturierung der Nachfrageseite für netzbasierte Dienste werden die Theorien der Auslagerung (Outsourcing) von … communication policy. For ASP demand, theories of outsourcing of information technologies, methods and instruments of cost …-and-utility-measuring and the theory of transaction phases of outsourcing are used. The basis for both supply-side and demand-side evaluations …

The global phenomenon of the IS/IT outsourcing continues to grow in importance. IS/IT outsourcing presents business …While the foundation of IS/IT outsourcing is ostensibly the transfer of financial and structural capital and vendor … protection of intellectual capital relies on appropriate staff transition processes. However, little outsourcing research exists …

key observations that include; outsourcing of IT systems is widespread, senior management are typically involved in … able to provide sound management practice towards planning for the introduction of outsourcing. It is found that functions …The practice of outsourcing business is international with outsourcing of information technology (IT) systems leading …

consultative management. These values drive BAC’s strategy of maintaining a slim core, outsourcing, relationships building, and … privatised airport. Studying the corporate strategies and knowledge management issues faced by a company as successful as BAC … holds important insights. This paper discusses four key characteristics which impact on BAC’s knowledge management strategy …

delivery as effectively and efficiently as possible. As a management structure designed to promote value generation, cost … inhibitors of IOSS. As the concepts of IOSS and SS are closely related to that of Outsourcing, and their distinction is sometimes … Outsourcing (in motivators, arrangements, benefits, disadvantages, etc) and based on this conceptual understanding, the second …

and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, BT is taking a strategic approach to outsourcing: this has resulted in a rapid … and substantial increase in the outsourcing and offshoring of ICT development, maintenance and support contracts. Each and … every outsourcing decision could have major security, legal, regulatory and contractual impacts. It is generally recognised …

innovation processes. Yet, pharmaceutical firms must innovate to compete. Outsourcing knowledge intensive activities to knowledge … management literature, this conceptual paper explores four interrelated strategic concepts: core competencies, economies of scale …