Outsourcing is a fast-growing phenomenon. Outsourcing not only means handing over an activity to a supplier outside the firm, but also entalls the examination of the possibility of outsourcing some of its production, taking into account factors such as choice of partners, risks, the type of...

"In a unique historical phenomenon of demographics , a large cohort of post-war Baby Boomers is retiring as a new cadre of younger workers, the twenty-somethings referred to as 'Gen Y' or Millennials, are being recruited to replace them. This workforce of the future comes with their own set of...