
China's Emerging Outsourcing Capabilities
The Services Challenge
Yingqin Zheng(Editor)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 18. February 2010
Book
Hardback
XIX, 279 pages
978-0-230-23844-2 (ISBN)
Description
While China is known for its huge manufacturing base, in recent years the government has given high priority to science and technology services. This book provides an in-depth, contemporary view on where China is heading, how it is going to get there, and how companies and countries can engage with China's emerging outsourcing capabilities.
Reviews / Votes
'This book provides an in-depth, contemporary view on where China is heading, how it is going to get there, and how companies and countries can engage with China's emerging outsourcing capabilities.' - The Work Style Magazine
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Series
Edition
2010 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIX, 279 p.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
612 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-23844-2 (9780230238442)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Mary C. Lacity | Leslie P. Willcocks | Yingqin Zheng
China's Emerging Outsourcing Capabilities
The Services Challenge
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€128.39
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Persons
MARY C. LACITY is a Professor of Information Systems and an International Business Fellow at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA. Her current research focuses on global outsourcing of business and IT services. She has published 11 books, most recently
Information Systems Outsourcing: Theory and Practice
(Palgrave, 2009; coauthor: Leslie P. Willcocks) and
Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work
, (Palgrave, 2008; coauthor Joe Rottman). More than 50 of her publications have appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, MIS Quarterly, IEEE Computer, Communications of the ACM, and many other academic and practitioner outlets. She is Senior Editor of the Journal of Information Technology, Co-editor of the Palgrave Series: Work, Technology, and Globalization and on the Editorial Boards for
MIS Quarterly Executive
,
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
,
Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal
, and
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
(JAIS).
LESLIE P. WILLCOCKS is Professor of Technology Work and Globalization at the London School of Economics, UK and Political Science, head of the Information Systems and Innovation Group and director of The Outsourcing Unit there. He is known for his work on global sourcing, information management, IT evaluation, e-business, organizational transformation as well as for his practitioner contributions to many corporations and government agencies.He holds visiting chairs at Erasmus, Melbourne and Sydney universities and is an Associate Fellow at Templeton, University of Oxford. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology for the last 20 years, and is joint series editor, with Mary C. Lacity, of the Palgrave book series Technology Work and Globalization. He has co-authored 31 books, including most recently Major Currents in Information Systems (Sage, London 2008, with Allen Lee), and Global Sourcing of Business and IT Services (Palgrave, London, 2006, with Mary C. Lacity) He has published over 180 refereed papers in journals such as Harvard Business Review , Sloan Management Review , MIS Quarterly , MISQ Executive , Journal of Management Studies , Communications of The ACM , and Journal of Strategic Information Systems .
YINGQIN ZHENG is a research associate at the London School of Economics, UK. She obtained her MPhil and PhD from Cambridge University. She was a Gates Cambridge scholar. Her research interests include the implications of information and communication technology in social development, information society and information culture, and distributed innovation. She has conducted research in various countries including South Africa, China, Switzerland and the UK. Yingqin has published a number of academic papers in international journals, and conferences. Her work was awarded Best Paper Finalist at theInternational Conference of Information Systems 2007, and Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009.
LESLIE P. WILLCOCKS is Professor of Technology Work and Globalization at the London School of Economics, UK and Political Science, head of the Information Systems and Innovation Group and director of The Outsourcing Unit there. He is known for his work on global sourcing, information management, IT evaluation, e-business, organizational transformation as well as for his practitioner contributions to many corporations and government agencies.He holds visiting chairs at Erasmus, Melbourne and Sydney universities and is an Associate Fellow at Templeton, University of Oxford. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology for the last 20 years, and is joint series editor, with Mary C. Lacity, of the Palgrave book series Technology Work and Globalization. He has co-authored 31 books, including most recently Major Currents in Information Systems (Sage, London 2008, with Allen Lee), and Global Sourcing of Business and IT Services (Palgrave, London, 2006, with Mary C. Lacity) He has published over 180 refereed papers in journals such as Harvard Business Review , Sloan Management Review , MIS Quarterly , MISQ Executive , Journal of Management Studies , Communications of The ACM , and Journal of Strategic Information Systems .
YINGQIN ZHENG is a research associate at the London School of Economics, UK. She obtained her MPhil and PhD from Cambridge University. She was a Gates Cambridge scholar. Her research interests include the implications of information and communication technology in social development, information society and information culture, and distributed innovation. She has conducted research in various countries including South Africa, China, Switzerland and the UK. Yingqin has published a number of academic papers in international journals, and conferences. Her work was awarded Best Paper Finalist at theInternational Conference of Information Systems 2007, and Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2009.
Content
Introduction: SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINA'S EMERGING OUTSOURCING CAPABILITIES 'China's Emerging Software Services Outsourcing Industry'; Y.Zheng , L.P.Willcocks & B.Yang 'Chinese Providers in IT Services Offshoring: It Takes 10 Years to Sharpen a Sword'; E.Carmel , G.Gao & N.Zhang 'China and the World' by Accenture and CCIIP; J.Hindle 'Outsourcing in China: Lessons Learned'; W.O.Jones SECTION II: RESEARCH STUDIES ON CHINA'S EMERGING OUTSOURCING CAPABILITIES 'Mediated Offshore Software Services Models in China: A Two Stage Study of Operational Capabilities Development'; S.Jarvenpaa & J.Mao 'Testing Alternative Perspectives of Governance in China: A Focus on Social Ties, Relational Governance, and Contracts'; L.Poppo & K.Zheng Zhou 'Knowledge Sharing in Professional Services Firms in China'; R.M.Davison , M.G.Martinsons & C.X.J.Ou 'The Role of Trust and Control in IS Offshoring from Vendors' Perspectives'; J.Mao , J.Lee & C.Deng 'Drivers and Obstacles of Outsourcing Practices in China'; K.Hung Lau & J.Zhang 'Barriers and Enablers when Transferring R&D Practices from West to China'; J.A.Timlon & N.Ã…kerman