Publications

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

access the skills they need, since in practice they are relying on a variety of in-house and outside suppliers to get the job done. Q: What are the keys to consider in successfully managing View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

01 Sep 2004
News

Outsourcing for Radical Change

were transformed by outsourcing were also more prevalent overseas. If I had to guess why, I would suggest that the approach to partnerships in other countries tends to be more collaborative and less... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2013
Article

Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems

By: Ian Mackenzie and Casimer DeCusatis

Firms producing multi-technology, multi-component systems are increasingly outsourcing selected components to achieve both reduced cost and enhanced innovation benefits. Given typical inter-dependence between innovation at the system and component levels, an important... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Alignment; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry

December 29, 2010
Article

The Mistaken Attack on Outsourcing

By: Mihir Desai

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing

October 1992
Supplement

Eastman Kodak Co.: Perspectives on Outsourcing

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Perspective; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

July 2014
Article

Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India

By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Christopher Stanton

This study examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts, where India is the largest country in terms of contract volume. We use an ethnic name... View Details

Keywords: Diaspora; Outsourcing; oDesk; Networks; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Diasporas; Internet and the Web; Ethnicity; Service Industry; South Asia; India

02 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

wealthy shifted how they categorize their income to take advantage of the tax cuts, widening the income gap in the process. The paper uses state rather than federal data because corporate tax cuts happen much more frequently at the state... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

May 2004 (Revised September 2004)
Background Note

Outsourcing IT: The Global Landscape in 2004

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey

Profiles the history and context of outsourcing, with particular focus on information technology. View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology

Educators

April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
Supplement

General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger

Designed to be handed out after discussion of the (C) case. View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing

25 Mar 2010
News

Dartmouth's Chief Tackles Endowment Hit With Tough Cuts

August 1995
Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: Richard L. Nolan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Revenue; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Contracts; Decisions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Computer Industry

October 2006 (Revised April 2011)
Teaching Note

Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching Note to (107-003) and (107-004). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing

03 Aug 2022
News

Scamming the Boss: Some Employees Are Outsourcing Their Jobs to Other People. Here’s How Companies Are Spotting the Fraudsters.

winter 1995
Article

How to Manage an IT Outsourcing Alliance

By: F. W. McFarlan and R. L. Nolan

Keywords: Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Alliances

January 1996 (Revised September 2001)
Teaching Note

General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function Series TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-193-144), (9-193-145), and (9-193-178). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Technology Industry

February 1996 (Revised May 2002)
Teaching Note

Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources TN

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Teaching Note for (9-195-158). View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

November 1990 (Revised March 1994)
Supplement

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Herminia M. Ibarra

Describes "Frantic Friday," the day the Digital-Kodak contract was scheduled to be signed. Designed to be handed out in class. View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Technology; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry

2020
Article

Immigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012

By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr

We study immigrant entrepreneurship in 2007 and 2012 using the Survey of Business Owners. First-generation immigrants create about 25% of new firms in America, but this share exceeds 40% in some states. Immigrant-owned firms tend to create fewer jobs than native-owned... View Details

Keywords: Job Creation; Employee Benefits; Owner Demographics; Exports; Outsourcing; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Ownership; Demographics; Jobs and Positions; Compensation and Benefits; United States