Offshoring And Outsourcing - Publications - Faculty & Research

We study the growth of online peer-to-peer markets. Using data from TaskRabbit, an expanding marketplace for domestic tasks at the time of our study, we show that growth varies considerably across cities. To disentangle the potential drivers of growth, we look... View Details

Keywords: Two-sided Market; Two-sided Platforms; Peer-to-peer Markets; Platform Strategy; Sharing Economy; Platform Growth; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Design; Network Effects

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January 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge

By: Josh Lerner

Weston Presidio Capital encounters substantial difficulties while raising its first fund. The incentives and roles of investment advisors ("gatekeepers") pension funds and consultants are explored. The relationship with lead investors is considered. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry

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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

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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

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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

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2010
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An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms

By: Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson

This case study of two offshore oil platforms illustrates how an organizational initiative designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Gender; Emotions

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May 2019 (Revised October 2019)
Teaching Note

ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A) and (B)

By: Feng Zhu and Margaret Vo

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 618-044 and 618-046. View Details

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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

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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

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November 2011
Teaching Note

Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Sources; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; United States

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July 2006 (Revised December 2007)
Supplement

Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited: One Year Later.

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing

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06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

The recent collapse of the eight-story Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh was a red alert for every company that has embraced the "virtual organization" model and the outsourcing that goes... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion