Federica Ceci and Andrea Prencipe
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198785972
- eISBN:
- 9780191831621
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785972.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Knowledge Management
Outsourcing provides a way for firms to manage processes across organizational boundaries and bridge among different technologies, capabilities, and knowledge. Whenever firms decide to make use of ...
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Outsourcing provides a way for firms to manage processes across organizational boundaries and bridge among different technologies, capabilities, and knowledge. Whenever firms decide to make use of outsourcing, they are required to make decisions regarding the definition of their boundaries, their closeness to suppliers in terms of knowledge, capabilities, and which sensitive information to share. This chapter explores the implementation of outsourcing, with specific attention to decisions regarding supplier relations, division of labour, and requirement for knowledge integration faced by firms. That is, the mix of decisions that defines whether to outsource or not, the amount of knowledge to retain in house, and the types of relationships with suppliers. Relying on survey data collected from a sample of European IT solution providers, we analyse how technological and strategic factors affect the implementation of outsourcing and knowledge integration in client–supplier relationships.Less
Outsourcing provides a way for firms to manage processes across organizational boundaries and bridge among different technologies, capabilities, and knowledge. Whenever firms decide to make use of outsourcing, they are required to make decisions regarding the definition of their boundaries, their closeness to suppliers in terms of knowledge, capabilities, and which sensitive information to share. This chapter explores the implementation of outsourcing, with specific attention to decisions regarding supplier relations, division of labour, and requirement for knowledge integration faced by firms. That is, the mix of decisions that defines whether to outsource or not, the amount of knowledge to retain in house, and the types of relationships with suppliers. Relying on survey data collected from a sample of European IT solution providers, we analyse how technological and strategic factors affect the implementation of outsourcing and knowledge integration in client–supplier relationships.
Christopher R. Henke
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262083737
- eISBN:
- 9780262275286
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262083737.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
This book explores the role of economic and technological factors in determining agricultural farming practices. The importance of neutralizing these factors to bring about changes in the ...
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This book explores the role of economic and technological factors in determining agricultural farming practices. The importance of neutralizing these factors to bring about changes in the agricultural practices is discussed. The book explores the trend of privatization of applied agricultural research, which, according to the advisors, is not a good trend for smaller, less-secure growers. It also focuses on the negative impact on the environment of industrial agriculture, which, in turn, is a concern for the future of U.S. food production. The role of intellectuals and scholars in providing new ideas for agricultural practices that would help change the legislative and regulatory practices regarding agriculture is also discussed.Less
This book explores the role of economic and technological factors in determining agricultural farming practices. The importance of neutralizing these factors to bring about changes in the agricultural practices is discussed. The book explores the trend of privatization of applied agricultural research, which, according to the advisors, is not a good trend for smaller, less-secure growers. It also focuses on the negative impact on the environment of industrial agriculture, which, in turn, is a concern for the future of U.S. food production. The role of intellectuals and scholars in providing new ideas for agricultural practices that would help change the legislative and regulatory practices regarding agriculture is also discussed.
