TY - BOOK AU - Gupta,Amar TI - Outsourcing and offshoring of professional services: business optimization in a global economy SN - 9781599049731 PY - 2008/// CY - Hershey PA PB - Information Science Reference KW - Offshore outsourcing KW - Contracting out N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Section I; Executive Highlight --; Offshoring : The Transition from Economic Drivers Toward Strategic Global Partnership and the 24-Hour Know ledge Factory; Amar Gupta [and others] --; Section II; Foundations and Frameworks --; Evolving Relationship Between Law Offshoring of Professional Services, Intellectual Property, and International Organizations; Amar Gupta [and others] --; Information Technology/Systems Offshore Outsourcing : Key Risks and Success Factors; Mahesh S. Raisinghani [and others] --; A Paradigmatic and Methodological Review of Research in Outsourcing; Vanita Yada, Rajen K. Gupta --; An Outsourcing Acceptance Model : An Application of TAM to Application Development Outsourcing; John "Skip " Benamati, T.M. Rajkumar --; Section III; Sectoral Applications and Case Studies --; Outsourcing in the Healthcare lndustry : Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Allied Aspects; Amar Gupta [and others] --; Offshoring Entertainment and Media to India; Alyssa D. Schwender, Christopher J.M. Leet --; Outsourcing of Medical Surgery and the Evolution of Medical Telesurgery; Shawna Sando --; The Use of Outsourcing as a Business Strategy : A Case Study; Ram B. Misra --; Section IV; National and Societal Implications --; Changing IT Skills : The Impact of Sourcing Strategies on In-House Capability Requirements; Christine V. Bullen [and others] --; New Trends in Global Offshore Outsourcing : A Comparative Assessment of India and China; Suresh Sharma, Yuanyuan Chen --; The Role of Prisons in Offshoring; Whitney Hollis --; Section V; Collaboration and the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory --; The Role of Information Resource Management in Enabling the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory; Sartik Seshasai, Amar Gupta --; Outsourcing and Multi-Party Business Collaborations Modeling; Lai Xu --; Hybrid Offshoring : Composite Personae and Evolving Collaboration Technologies; Nathan Denny [and others] --; Agile Software Processes for the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory Environment; Nathan Denny, Igor Crk, Ravi Sheshu Nadella --; Section VI; Adaptation Paradigms for Academia and Industry --; Information Systems, Offshore Outsourcing, and Relevance in the Business School Curriculum; William J. Tastle [and others] --; Innovative Technological Paradigms for Corporate Offshoring; Tapasya Patki, A.B. Patki --; Leveraging Knowledge Reuse and System Agility in the Outsourcing Era; Igor Crk, Dane Sorensen, Amnit Mitra N2 - "This book discusses the considerations and implications surrounding the outsourcing and offshoring of professional services, such as software development computer-aided design, and healthcare, from multiple global perspectives. This book, offers industry professionals, policymakers, students, and educators with a balance between a broad overview and detailed analysis of offshore outsourcing, would make an invaluable addition to any reference library"--Provided by publisher UR - https://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpOOPSBOGK/outsourcing-offshoring/outsourcing-offshoring ER -