Books

Transformation in Global Outsourcing

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Publication date:

2024

Edited by:

Leslie P. Willcocks, Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky

Summary:

With businesses facing rapid change in technologies and digital business models, decision makers need to keep apace with the latest thought leadership in order to deliver value to stakeholders. This edited volume provides a comprehensive guide to the range of digital sourcing models and supporting technologies that deliver value to their sourcing engagements. It will be of great value to scholars and students of sourcing and digital business models, as well as practitioners and policymakers working in this space.

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The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

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Publication date:

2022

Edited by:

Leslie P. Willcocks, Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky

Summary:

Global sourcing is a complex area, and one that managers must get to grips with as business investment in outsourcing continues to climb. This book provides invaluable guidance for the reader, walking them through the fundamentals of global sourcing to very recent trends, including intelligent automation, cloud services and crowdsourcing. Replete with key examples and cases, it allows students and managers alike to relate academic theory to practice, acting as a roadmap to a rapidly evolving field.

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Dynamic Innovation in Outsourcing

Publication date:

2018

Edited by:

Leslie P. Willcocks, Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky

Summary:

This book is a guide for achieving innovation through outsourcing. Unpacking the various challenges faced by client firms and suppliers, the authors take the reader through the innovation lifecycle and devise a clear plan to achieve valuable results. Offering practical frameworks and tools to ensure informed decision-making at every stage, this book also includes collaborative structures and metrics to measure outcomes. Written by leading figures in the area of outsourcing, this book offers both the academic rigor and the hands-on experience based on dozens of cases that walk the reader from the very beginning of the outsourcing journey to the successful delivery of transformative innovations.

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Managing Emerging Technologies for Socio-Economic Impact

Publication date:

2015

Edited by:

Dimitris G. Assimakopoulos, Ilan Oshri, Krsto Pandza

Summary: 

The development of emerging technologies demands a rapidly expanding knowledge base and intensive collaboration across organizational, institutional and cultural borders. This book is the first of its kind to focus on the management of key emerging technologies and their social and economic impact in Europe. Split into four parts, across seventeen chapters, the scholars offer multiple levels of analysis concerning the management of emerging technologies across various sectors ranging from nanotechnology, renewable energy and cloud computing to synthetic biology and particle therapy for cancer.

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