Wednesday, January 19, 2005
[IWS] EMCC: Offshore outsourcing of business services - threat or opportunity? [upcoming seminar][17 January 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Offshore outsourcing of business services - threat or opportunity? [17 January 2005]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05001a.html?p1=emcc_updates&p2=null
* Offshore outsourcing of business services - threat or opportunity?is the theme of EMCCs first 2005 company network seminar in Tallinn, Estonia, on 17-18 March. The seminar aims to provide a better understanding of this growing phenomenon and what motivates leading companies to undertake such a practice. Four company case examples will offer an insight into corporate management strategies associated with offshore outsourcingand the implications for job losses and employment creation within the EU.
* Source: EMCC Date: 2005-01 Type: Company cases Country: EU Language: EN
and related report --
Outsourcing of ICT and related services in the EU [December 2004]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/tn04048s.html
or
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef04137en.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Based primarily on an analysis of a body of research covering more than two decades, this report examines the scope of offshore outsourcing of ICT services and other ICT enabled services. It defines the term offshore outsourcing, explores the drivers and trends and analyses related issues such as the distribution of ICT service employment in Europe.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Offshore outsourcing of business services - threat or opportunity? [17 January 2005]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05001a.html?p1=emcc_updates&p2=null
* Offshore outsourcing of business services - threat or opportunity?is the theme of EMCCs first 2005 company network seminar in Tallinn, Estonia, on 17-18 March. The seminar aims to provide a better understanding of this growing phenomenon and what motivates leading companies to undertake such a practice. Four company case examples will offer an insight into corporate management strategies associated with offshore outsourcingand the implications for job losses and employment creation within the EU.
* Source: EMCC Date: 2005-01 Type: Company cases Country: EU Language: EN
and related report --
Outsourcing of ICT and related services in the EU [December 2004]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/tn04048s.html
or
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/ef04137en.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Based primarily on an analysis of a body of research covering more than two decades, this report examines the scope of offshore outsourcing of ICT services and other ICT enabled services. It defines the term offshore outsourcing, explores the drivers and trends and analyses related issues such as the distribution of ICT service employment in Europe.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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