... that practitioners are turning to nearshore alternatives (Carmel and Abbott, 2007). Another emerging trend is rural outsourcing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 United States of America Communication technologies Rural regions Suppliers Outsourcing Human capital Moreover, rural...

.... Originality/value The paper establishes well researched grounds for why CEOs and top teams need to act differently if more effective outsourcing is to be achieved. Outsourcing Competitive advantage Communication technologies Chief executives Strategic choices Why should hard‐pressed CEOs...

... to use it, adopt it, and become proficient at it. After a certain amount of time the innovation becomes assimilated and routine. It is this routinization of offshoring that we examine in this paper. Innovation Diffusion Communication technologies Professional services Globalization...

... in the client company, the importance of keeping focused on people and other related issues. Wendell O. Jones can be contacted at: wjones@usn.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 China Outsourcing Communication technologies Off shore investments Behaving like the world's...

... Communication technologies Organizational processes Despite the tendency of companies to outsource to save money and/or improve service (Bansal, 2003), the practice has resulted in many contract restructurings and terminations (Bothik, 2001; Kaplan, 2003). In fact, according to some, failure...

... that deliver “Green IT”. Jon Edgell can be contacted at: jedgell@mofo.com © Authors 2008 Outsourcing Globalization Economic trends Communication technologies Sustainable development At the start of 2008, we have once again surveyed the lawyers in Morrison & Foerster's Global...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Communication technologies Outsourcing Computer software Modeling The inherent economic advantages of offshoring work to cheaper destinations have made outsourcing of information technology a business necessity for many enterprises...