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Outsourcing and Offshoring: Sector Implications for Dynamics, Growth, and Sustainability

Weaver, Robert D.; Chung, Sung Hoon - 2009

As national economies have integrated through removal of trade barriers, the potential for offshoringproduction was quickly recognized as a strategy to enhance firm performance. At thesame time, labor market reforms opened the door for outsourcing of labor services to specialistfirms that supply...

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Three Essays on Offshore Outsourcing and Labor Markets.

Park, Joo Youn - 2009

The practice of international trade has evolved from the purchase of final goods of foreign origin to production sharing, now commonly referred to as offshore outsourcing. Due to the nature of direct replacement of domestic tasks with foreign ones, the discussions about offshore outsourcing tend...

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How Offshore Outsourcing is Perceived: Why Do Some Consumers Feel More Threatened?

Durvasula, Srinivas; Lysonski, Steven - 2009

efficiencies is by offshoring selected business operations to overseas firms. Such offshoring, however, has generated public … concern and, in some cases, outrage. Angst against offshoring is based on many perceptions, including perceived job losses and … relations problem in justifying their offshoring activities. Yet, no systematic study has investigated why some consumers feel …

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Performance measurement in the Australian online securities marketplace

Dubelaar, Chris; Tsarenko, Yelena; Gabbott, Mark - 2003

This study examines performance measurement in on-line securities companies in the Australian marketplace. Marketing managers of seven on-line stock brokerage companies in Australian capital cities were interviewed and their on-line strategies and approaches were systematically reviewed and...

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Integration von Finanzdienstleistungen zur Allfinanz - Analyse der Hintergründe und Erfolgsfaktoren von Allfinanzkonzepten unter Einbeziehung von fünf Fallstudien"

Hashagen, Anne - 2006

After the dawn of the bancassurance concept in the 1980`s, the recent merger and aquisition wave has demonstrated that partnerships between banks and insurance houses are back in fashion. The purpose of the first part of the thesis is to illustrate the main drivers behind this renaissance, the...

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Finding the Sweet Spot: A Two Industry Study Using the Zone of Tolerance to Identify Determinant Service Quality Attributes

Durvasula, Srinivas; Lobo, Antonio; Lysonski, Steven; … - 2006

This paper makes a detailed comparison of two major financial services in Singapore: life insurance and stockbrokerage. Relationships of perceptions and expectations of service quality, mean service adequacy (MSA) and mean service superiority (MSS) with service satisfaction and loyalty are...

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Un repaso de las diversas iniciativas desplegadas a nivel nacional e internacional para hacer frente a los riesgos de exclusión financiera

Alonso Carpintero, María Concepción; Gutiérrez …

Las dificultades en el acceso a los servicios bancarios por parte de determinados grupos de población, especialmente aquellos residentes en zonas rurales y/o de edad avanzada, suponen una fuente de vulnerabilidad ante el riesgo de exclusión financiera de dichos colectivos. Este trabajo ofrece...

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