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- October 2024
- Background Note
Outsourcing Primer
By: Willy C. Shih
This note provides some background on one of the key resource allocation decisions managers make as they develop and produce products and services: what should they do with the walls of their own firm, and what they should depend upon suppliers or contractors to... View Details
- January 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)
By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen and Shirley Sun
ZBJ.com (ZBJ), an online platform that connects knowledge workers to small- and medium-sized enterprises, is China’s largest outsourcing platform. Founded by Mingyue Zhu in 2006, ZBJ had grown into a unicorn with 4,000 employees and a daily transaction volume of RMB15... View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Disintermediation; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Information Technology Industry; China
Zhu, Feng, Weiru Chen, and Shirley Sun. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 618-044, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- February 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
The Offshoring of America
By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Jan W. Rivkin and Juliana Seminerio
The movement from jobs in the United States to developing countries, in a process known as offshoring, has become quite a controversial topic. Managers not only need to decide which activities, if any, to move offshore, but where to move them. This case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Operations; Business Processes; United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., Jan W. Rivkin, and Juliana Seminerio. "The Offshoring of America." Harvard Business School Case 708-030, February 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- February 2008 (Revised January 2009)
- Background Note
Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Troy Smith
Describes a set of activities in which students will participate before and during a day of classes on offshoring. The day's classes will examine the implications of offshoring for policy makers, business leaders, and workers. View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Troy Smith. "Offshoring Day in BGIE and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-492, February 2008. (Revised January 2009.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Outsourcing Innovation: The China Shock Hits Brazil
By: Laura Alfaro, Maggie Chen, Andrea Lucchesi and Naercio A. Menezes Filho
- September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Cisco Systems and Offshore Cash
By: Ian D. Gow and Charles C.Y. Wang
Gow, Ian D., and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Cisco Systems and Offshore Cash." Harvard Business School Case 114-027, September 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- April 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
American Outsourcing
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Alexander Veytsman
Covers the phenomenon of outsourcing jobs from the United States. Reviews the evolution of Mexico's Maquiladoras, manufacturing special economic areas in China, and information technology and service-sourcing in India. Also reviews exports/imports, exchange rates,... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Emerging Markets; Wages; Trade; United States; Mexico; China; India
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Alexander Veytsman. "American Outsourcing." Harvard Business School Case 705-037, April 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Supplement
ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (B)
By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen and Shirley Sun
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Disintermediation; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Problems and Challenges; Global Strategy; Information Technology Industry; China
Zhu, Feng, Weiru Chen, and Shirley Sun. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 618-046, March 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- 2019
- Article
The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details
Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 64, no. 2 (2019).
- February 1992
- Article
Outsourcing and Industrial Decline
By: R.A. Bettis, Stephen P. Bradley and G. Hamel
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Bettis, R.A., Stephen P. Bradley, and G. Hamel. "Outsourcing and Industrial Decline." Academy of Management Executive 6, no. 1 (February 1992).
- February 1999 (Revised March 2001)
- Background Note
Offshore Corporations: A Brief Introduction
Examines activities of offshore financial centers. The text documents the growth and uses of offshore corporations. View Details
Kennedy, Robert E., and Brian Irwin. "Offshore Corporations: A Brief Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-119, February 1999. (Revised March 2001.)
- June 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Teaching Note
Cisco Systems and Offshore Cash
By: Ian D. Gow and Charles C.Y. Wang
- December 2012
- Article
The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line
By: Francesca Gino and Bradely R. Staats
What's the best way to lift people out of poverty? The social entrepreneurs in the new "impact sourcing" industry believe the answer is providing work, not aid. Their organizations hire people at the bottom of the pyramid to perform digital tasks such as transcribing... View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Nonprofit Organizations; Partners and Partnerships; Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Cooperation; San Francisco
Gino, Francesca, and Bradely R. Staats. "The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012): 92–96.
- April 1999 (Revised February 2001)
- Background Note
Offshore Drilling Industry, The
After booming in 1997 and early 1998, the offshore drilling industry slumps in late 1998 and early 1999. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid... View Details
Corts, Kenneth S. "Offshore Drilling Industry, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-111, April 1999. (Revised February 2001.)
- April 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc.
This case explores the topic of offshoring high-tech jobs several perspectives. The issues presented include determining the stock price consequences of offshoring, examining the economic consequences of the offshore job to both the transferring and receiving... View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 204-144, April 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 23 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Experience Markets: An Application to Outsourcing and Hiring
- March 2005
- Article
Outsourcing Marketing
By: Gail J. McGovern and John A. Quelch
McGovern, Gail J., and John A. Quelch. "Outsourcing Marketing." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 3 (March 2005).
- May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kenneth Corts and Joseph McElroy
After booming in 2007 and early 2008, the offshore drilling industry slumps in 2009. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid for a rig's... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Metals and Minerals; Demand and Consumers; Price; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Mining; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Kenneth Corts, and Joseph McElroy. "The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 711-543, May 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- April 1995 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kevin Davis
In order to increase revenues, develop new technologies, and manage information technology more efficiently, Xerox decided to sign a 10-year, $3.2 billion contract with Electronic Data Systems (EDS). This case describes the events that preceded Xerox's decision to... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kevin Davis. "Xerox: Outsourcing Global Information Technology Resources." Harvard Business School Case 195-158, April 1995. (Revised June 2002.)