The purpose of the research (“Strategic factors influencing the transition of businesses as they migrate from place to space, and vice versa: Issues and considerations” ) is to address the issues and considerations faced by companies, mainly retail B2C companies, as they try to establish online presence, migrating from tradition modes of doing business, to [...]
Knowledge Management : A Case Study of KM activities at Indian School of Business
It seems that the term, which is nowadays in most use, in the literary world, is Knowledge Management. No domain has remained untouched by this new revolution. All business firms, companies, non-profit organizations, profit-making organizations, governmental institutions, academic organizations, research institutes, corporate, etc. want to manage their organizational knowledge to survive in today’s market. Organizational [...]
Strategic IT Partnerships in Transformational Outsourcing as a Distinctive Source of IT Value: A Social Capital Perspective
Firms increasingly acquire needed information technology (IT) products and services from external sources through the formation of partnerships. In spite of the ubiquity of IT outsourcing practice in today’s organizations however, theoretical understanding of IT partnerships in outsourcing is limited. Extant research has largely focused on the economic or strategic aspects of IT outsourcing, using [...]
The Performance of Global Business Teams within Multinational Corporations: The Test of an Intervening Process Model
Global business teams are a critical component of the strategic management process of multinational corporations. In the context of this dissertation, they are defined as teams of managers who are responsible for a business or a function across several countries. Given their multi-country charter, national diversity, and geographical dispersion, there are major questions as to [...]