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Explaining supply chain as an “opportunistic coalition”

Subedi, Deepak - In: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 23 (2013) 1, pp. 41-54

and ambitious ones. Design/methodology/approach – This paper discusses the arguments and counter‐arguments on outsourcing …

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Outsourcing, information leakage and the risk of losing technology‐based competencies

Hoecht, A.; Trott, P. - In: European Business Review 18 (2006) 5, pp. 395-412

Purpose – To draw attention to a particular outsourcing risk that has not yet been adequately addressed in the …. Originality/value – A critique of the outsourcing literature and a warning to managers to be aware of the risk of information …

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Consideration of selflessness and self‐interest in outsourcing decisions

Zutshi, Ambika; Creed, Andrew; Sohal, Amrik S.; Wood, Greg - In: European Business Review 24 (2012) 3, pp. 287-303

Purpose – The paper aims to discuss the need to balance selflessness and self‐interest issues in outsourcing decisions …. This discussion is timely given the tensions that currently exist between those who want off‐shore outsourcing to continue …‐making with respect to off‐shore outsourcing. Findings – Considerations of selflessness and self‐interest are embedded in …

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European car makers and their suppliers: changes at the interface

McIvor, R.T.; Humphreys, P.K.; McAleer, W.E. - In: European Business Review 98 (1998) 2, pp. 87-99

The objective of this paper is to examine changes in the European car industry and in particular the impact these changes are having on the car makers and their relationships with their suppliers. With excess production capacity and the poor outlook for car sales, the European car industry...

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Assessing the impact of outsourcing in the electricity network industry

Vilko, Jyri - In: Baltic Journal of Management 8 (2013) 1, pp. 27-44

monopoly businesses do not always find it easy to make the required improvements, and some are outsourcing the functions to … private service providers. Outsourcing is a fairly new phenomenon in electricity distribution, however, and there are few … case involving outsourcing the underground cabling functions of a publicly‐owned network company to a private service …

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Electronic journal publishing in mathematics

Kingma, Bruce R. - In: The Bottom Line 14 (2001) 2, pp. 60-64

This paper is part of a larger study on the market for scholarly journals in mathematics. This paper describes the current market trends for mathematics journals, the pricing of electronic journals, and examines electronic publishing alternatives for independent journal publishers in...

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A weighted decision matrix for outsourcing library services

Ball, David - In: The Bottom Line 16 (2003) 1, pp. 25-30

‐to‐date view of the current experience of outsourcing and externalization in libraries, museums and archives. Case studies of … developed as a tool for judging the suitability of library services for outsourcing. Illustrations of potential uses are given. …

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Outsourcing as a change management tool in libraries and documentation centers

Lloret Romero, Nuria - In: The Bottom Line 24 (2011) 1, pp. 73-79

Purpose – Outsourcing is a tool that has been used in companies for decades. However, it has taken much longer for this … organization itself This study aims to address this issue. Design/methodology/approach – The outsourcing of services need not …

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Higher earning – for‐profit institutions as a revenue stream for non‐profit institutions

Steele, Kirstin - In: The Bottom Line 25 (2012) 2, pp. 60-62

could save money and infrastructure by outsourcing library services to nearby traditional schools. Traditional schools could …

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Outsourcing of human resources in science and technology libraries of northern India

Sharma, Veerbala; Gupta, Dinesh K. - In: The Bottom Line 25 (2012) 4, pp. 163-176

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the extent to which outsourcing of human resources (HR) is used and the … attitude of the library staff towards outsourcing in science and technology libraries in Delhi and Chandigarh, India. Design … using selective outsourcing for many years, which has had favourable impact on the activities and services of these …

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