Centre
for Research on Innovation and CompetitionCentre
for Research on Innovation and CompetitionArchive
26-27 November 2003
Leslie Willcocks
(Warwick Business School)
Abstract
The presentation reviews developments in outsourcing, including IT, business process and offshore outsourcing, and through case study and survey evidence, locates the practices amongst corporations and government agencies and the results they have been getting. It identifes a range of existing and emerging practices, and the issues experienced in sourcing strategies and their implementation.
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