Search for dissertations about: "outsourcing offshoring"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words outsourcing offshoring.

  2. 1. Organizational capabilities for managing the offshoring of product development

    Author : Petra Edoff; Christer Norström; Jayakanth Srinivasan; Stefan Cedergren; Vinit Parida; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : offshoring; outsourcing; product development; management; culture; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : Large multinationals must continually innovate to produce products and services that meet the needs of a global market. In order to distribute work across multiple sites, they use techniques such as offshoring and outsourcing. This requires them to address organizational and cultural aspects to coordinate distributed product development activities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Firms in Global Value Chains : An Analysis of the Determinants and Effects of the Changing Location of International Production

    Author : Trudy-Ann Stone; Charlie Karlsson; Philippe Rouchy; Quoreshi Shahid; Bengtsson Lars; Andrés Rodríguez-Pose; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Global value chains; outsourcing; offshoring; technical efficiency; multinational firms; imports; exports; financial crisis; institutions;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the globalization of production, a salient feature of the modern economy. The development of international outsourcing as a widespread business practice and the simultaneous decrease in trade and transport costs have contributed to the growth of a phenomenon known as global value chains. READ MORE

  5. 3. Industrial organization and the spatial organization of industries

    Author : Jan Vang-Lauridsen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social geography; innovation systems; economic geography; regional policy; Asia; offshoring; outsourcing; Socialgeografi;

    Abstract : The dissertation aims at making a contribution to the field of industrial organization/dynamics, spatial organization of industries and regional policy. This has been done by paying more attention to the strategies of the firm and to the link between the firms, the industry as well as the region and the implications for regional policy. READ MORE

  6. 4. Essays on Globalization and Occupational Wages

    Author : Farzana Munshi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalization: openness to trade: openness to capital; foreign direct investment; offshoring; service trade; occupational wage; wage gap; wage inequality; developed countries; developing countries; Bangladesh; time series analysis; panel data; dynamic model;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates empirically how globalization has affected occupational wages in both developing and developed countries. Three aspects of globalization – openness to trade, openness to capital and offshore-outsourcing – are examined in four self-contained essays. READ MORE

  7. 5. Measurement of excellence and cost in a supply chain

    Author : Annelie Pettersson; Björn Lantz; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industriell logistik; Industrial Logistics;

    Abstract : This Doctoral Thesis addresses the topic of measurement of excellence and cost in a supply chain. In this thesis, a framework for monitoring and analysis of cost in the supply chain is developed. A model for analyzing excellence in a supply chain is also developed. READ MORE