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Research Abstracts on Outsourcing to India
Page Last Updated: September 06,2008
Here's a collection abstracts of research papers on outsourcing manufacturing and services to India.
| Title: | Offshore Outsourcing of Information Technology Enabled Supply Chain Functions: A Transaction Cost Analysis |
| Authors: | Bouchaib Bahli and Suresh Kumar Goyal |
| Publication: | International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management / Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 1, No. 4 pp. 366 - 381, Year 2005 |
| Abstract: | A shortage of domestic skilled information technology professionals and the availability of talent at a fraction of cost in countries like India and China, more and more companies are going global when it comes to outsourcing IT-enabled supply chain activities. Making a decision about whether or not to move these activities offshore is a decision of far-reaching consequences. In this paper, we address this issue from a transaction economic perspective. Transaction costs theory is used as a framework of analysis to examine offshore sourcing decisions. The paper discusses some of the practical and research implications of these results.
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| Title: | What Will It Take For China To Become A Competitive Force In Offshore Outsourcing? An Analysis Of The Role Of Transaction Costs In Supplier Selection |
| Authors: | Zhonghua Qu and Michael Brocklehurst |
| Publication: | Journal of Information Technology / Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 18, No. 1 pp. 53 - 67 , March 2003 |
| Abstract: | Using transaction costs theory this paper argues that transaction costs are almost as significant as production costs when it comes to offshore outsourcing and, moreover, that it is in the field of transaction costs where China has been unable to compete with India in the supply of information technology outsourcing. The paper outlines a framework for analysing transaction costs and uses the framework for pinpointing where China is unable to compete. The paper concludes with a review of the policy implications for the Chinese Government.
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| Title: | Building Sustainable Organisations Through Restructuring: The Role Of Organisational Character In France And India |
| Author: | Ashok Som |
| Publication: | International Journal Of Human Resources Development And Management / Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 3, No. 1 pp. 2 - 16 , 2003 |
| Abstract: | In today's era of hyper competition and change, one of the crucial challenges facing organisations is to build sustainable competitive organisations. A changing environment necessitates a change in strategic initiatives. The changes in strategic initiatives such mergers and acquisitions, new product and market strategy, joint ventures, strategic alliances, diversification and outsourcing, call for organisational restructuring and the emplacement of an integrative mechanism that cements these changes. Few empirical studies have been done to date regarding the role of organisational character during an organisational restructuring process. Organisational character, which is embedded in the vision, mission, goals, values and leadership, can be explained in terms of history, culture, collective memory, knowledge, politics, habits, emotions and policies of the organisation. An extensive in-depth study of four large, complex manufacturing organisations and market leaders in France and India support our belief that the role of organisational character defined by human resource policies and the linkage between the vision, mission, goals, values and leadership of the organisation are the key success factors during an organisational restructuring process. Based on both specific policies and the actual practices, as perceived by the top management (those who formulate those policies) and middle management (those that implement them), the article presents a contingency framework, which offers valuable insights into the role of organisational character during a restructuring process.
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| Title: | Downsizing Through Technology Management And Outsourcing: A Case Study Of A Captive Coal-Mining Organisation In India Under Globalisation |
| Authors: | Bholanath Sarkar and Kalyan Kumar Guin |
| Publication: | International Journal of Global Energy Issues / Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 19, No. 4 pp. 387 - 415 , Year 2003 |
| Abstract: | The organisation under discussion is a part of a Steel Company and consists of a group of captive underground coal mines required to produce coking coal, wash it in the coal washeries (benefitiation plants) and send the good quality clean coal to the steel plant for steel-making. The emergence of liberalisation in India has affected Indian industries and compelled them to think of ways to become more competitive. The very existence of this coking coal-mining division is at stake due to the availability of better quality imported coal at a cheaper price. Also, the demand for metallurgical-grade coking coal has reduced due to an improvement in coke-making technology, which does not require very high quality metallurgical-grade coking coal. In order to become competitive, the organisation has adopted the strategy of downsizing by technological upgradation and outsourcing the non-core activities. This paper uses System Dynamics Simulation methodology as a tool for structuring as well as evaluating the different alternative policies and scenarios for the future.
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| Title: | Software Outsourcing and Development Policy Implications: An Indian Perspective |
| Author: | Anthony P. D'costa |
| Publication: | International Journal of Technology Management / Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 24, No.s 7-8 pp. 705 - 723, 2002 |
| Abstract: | The discussion on high technology has been concerned with advanced capitalist economies. Developing countries have been unable to alter radically their industrial structure due to numerous internal institutional and external technological barriers. Consequently, they have sought global participation through outsourcing activities. This is indeed a welcome break from previous orthodox "self-reliant" approaches. However, excessive dependence on outsourcing limits the synergy between vibrant domestic and foreign markets. Using the Indian experience, this paper argues that international outsourcing of software, while commercially lucrative, is discouraging firms from taking on more complex projects at home. It highlights the shortcomings of outsourcing from India and suggests that software development must be rooted in a high technology policy that is integrated with the broader strategy of development. The study illustrates not only the relative success of a developing country but also underscores the persistent unequalising structural mechanisms that developing countries must contend with to foster local development.
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| Title: | Outsourcing in India |
| Authors: | Werner Kobitzsch, Dieter Rombach, and Raimund L. Feldmann |
| Publication: | IEEE Software / IEEE Computer Society Press |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 18 , No. 2 pp. 78 - 86, March 2001 |
| Abstract: | Drawn by a multitude of programmers and a favorable business environment, companies are increasingly looking to out-source their software development to India. After examining various possible out-sourcing modes, this article reports on a German telephone company's experience setting up a satellite operation in India. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher |
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| Title: | Some political and cultural issues in the globalisation of software development: case experience from Britain and India. |
| Authors: | Brian Nicholson and Sundeep Sahay |
| Publication: | Information and Organization / Elsevier Science |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 11, pp. 25–43, Year 2001 |
| Abstract: | Global outsourcing of software development is a phenomenon that is receiving considerable
interest from North American and European companies currently under pressure to meet their
growing manpower resource shortages and find new ways to cut costs. However, these outsourcing
arrangements are technologically and organisationally complex, and present a variety
of challenges to manage effectively. In this paper we discuss results from an ongoing longitudinal
study of a British firm’s attempts to develop and manage global software outsourcing
arrangements with an Indian software company. More specifically, we focus on understanding
management challenges along three key dimensions of culture, organisational politics and the
process of distributed development across time and space. The process of globalisation provides
the context within which these management challenges can be investigated. (c) Elsevier Science Ltd. 2001
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| Title: | The Indian Software Industry: Moving Towards Maturity |
| Author: | S. C. Bhatnagar, Shirin Madon |
| Publication: | Journal Of Information Technology / Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 12, No. 4 pp. 277 - 288 , December 1, 1997 |
| Abstract: | Over the last decade, India has made a conscious effort to participate in the global software industry by providing software development services to client companies in the West. We see the Indian software industry as sustaining its competitive advantage and having reasonable growth prospects. In some ways this is a counter-point from many of the earlier predictions in the literature that suggested that the growth of the software industry in India was a temporary phenomenon which exploited an existing opportunity of shortage of software engineers in Western countries and benefited from the consequent moves towards outsourcing.
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| Title: | International Outsourcing in the Information Technology Industry: Trends and Implications |
| Authors: | Galen B. Crow and Balakrishnan Muthuswamy |
| Publication: | Communications of the International Information Management Association / IIMA |
| Enumeration: | Vol. 3, No. 1 |
| Abstract: | This paper reviews trends in the use of international outsourcing in the Information
Technology (IT) industry and explores implications for the U.S. workforce. Workforce
employment projections and the trend for globalization in the IT industry are analyzed.
An analogy is developed between current trends in IT workforce and the globalization of
the auto industry during the latter part of the 20th century. The conclusion is that recent
dips in U.S. IT employment may represent more than a transitory reflection of current
economic conditions. International IT providers may be capturing a permanent share of
U.S. IT expenditures and thus reducing the long term need for U.S. IT employment. IT
industry and educational institutions need to plan accordingly for these new global
workforce realities. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher |
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See Also:
- The Indian Software Industry: Moving Towards Maturity
- What Will It Take For China To Become A Competitive Force In Offshore Outsourcing? An Analysis Of The Role Of Transaction Costs In Supplier Selection
- Building Sustainable Organisations Through Restructuring: The Role Of Organisational Character In France And India
- Research Abstracts on Outsourcing to India
- Outsourcing of Knowledge Workers to India
- IT Outsourcing: Interview with Sid Mookerji
- Alphabetical List of Research Abstracts
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