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Public sector accountability and commercial‐in‐confidence outsourcing contracts

Barton, Allan D. - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 19 (2006) 2, pp. 256-271

sector, and how the use of outsourcing activities on a commercial‐in‐confidence basis negates the accountability requirement … and can lead to inefficiency. This thereby negates the major benefit claimed for outsourcing. Design … consequences of commercial‐in‐confidence outsourcing. Findings – The postulated consequences are confirmed by the case study …

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Managing cooperation, coordination, and legitimacy : Control of contracted public services

Johansson, Tobias; Siverbo, Sven; Camén, Carolina - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 29 (2016) 6, pp. 1012-1037

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to create knowledge about what factors explain the design of control systems for contracted public services. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data analyzed with structural equation models. Findings – Legitimacy-seeking is the most important...

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An analysis of knowledge outsourcing at Eduware

Lam, Wing; Chua, Alton Y.K. - In: Aslib Proceedings 61 (2009) 5, pp. 424-435

Purpose – This paper introduces the notion of knowledge outsourcing (KO) where external knowledge providers (KP …

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Addressing methodological frailties in IT outsourcing surveys

Terzioğlu, Bülend; Chan, Elsie; Schmidt, Peter - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 5 (2013) 1, pp. 20-35

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review 73 survey articles relating to information technology outsourcing (ITO … with an IT outsourcing survey. It can, however, serve as a guide for all survey researchers regarding the pitfalls in …

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Strategic alliances in logistics outsourcing

Song, Yim‐Yu; Maher, Thomas E.; Nicholson, Joel D.; … - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 12 (2000) 4, pp. 3-21

specializes in this area and requires a strategic alliance. Looks at this issue from the perspective of the outsourcing company …

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Implementing supply chain management in a firm: issues and remedies

Varma, Siddharth; Wadhwa, Subhash; Deshmukh, S.G. - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 18 (2006) 3, pp. 223-243

in the areas of logistics, outsourcing/partnerships, and environment. Apart from these issues the prerequisite for …

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Influence of cognition on product component country of origin evaluation

Karunaratna, Amal R.; Quester, Pascale G. - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 19 (2007) 4, pp. 349-362

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how need for cognition (NFC), a personality trait, influenced the way consumers used information about product components in forming overall evaluations of motor vehicles. Design/methodology/approach – The study used interviews from a...

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3PLSP scale for co‐operative dairies in Indian context

Shah, Tejas R.; Sharma, Mahendra - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 24 (2012) 3, pp. 515-532

‐operative dairies of countries other than India. The scale can also be tested where outsourcing of logistics activities is done at … to identify important benefits to consider in outsourcing operational function of logistics management to 3PLSPs in co …

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Outsourcing maintenance in complex process industries : Managing firm capabilities in lock-in effect

Maley, Jane F.; Kowalkowski, Christian; Brege, Staffan; … - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 27 (2015) 5, pp. 801-825

empirical findings, the authors comment on the strength and weaknesses of the different outsourcing and attempt to find …

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Internal audit outsourcing practice and rationales: SME evidence from New Zealand

Van Peursem, Karen; Jiang, Lehan - In: Asian Review of Accounting 16 (2008) 3, pp. 219-245

Purpose – This study seeks to examine practices in, and rationales for, internal audit outsourcing in New Zealand (NZ … and rationales for internal audit outsourcing found within the NZ corporate sector. …

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