GLOBAL SOURCING OF SERVICES: IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC
CRISIS
Your
paper can focus on any IT function or any IT Enabled Service (ITES) -- Health Care Outsourcing and Medical Tourism,
Global Outsourcing Curriculum, In-Sourcing
(Captive Offshore Centre), Global Sourcing of Services for SME Vendors and SME
Clients, Global Sourcing of Financial Services, Managing Global Sourcing
Projects, Vendor-Client Relationship Management, Outsourcing of Human Resources
etc. While
submitting a paper to the Special Issues Editor – Dr. Shailendra Palvia spalvia@liu.edu, please note the
following:
a) The deadline for submission of full paper is September 15,
2009. The submission should
not exceed 25 pages double spaced excluding references and appendices.
b) Submitted papers must utilize case research methodology.
c) Papers should be submitted as soft copies, using MS-Word.
d) Blind review comments/recommendation will be provided by November 30, 2009.
e) Accepted papers must be revised and submitted by January 15,
2010.
Partial lists of topics you may want to consider are: (please
note: any paper related to Global Sourcing of IT and ITES will be considered).
1.
Global outsourcing of Medical, Healthcare and E-Commerce
solutions
2.
Future of Medical Tourism in
3.
Developing Patient Safety standards for Medical Tourism
4.
The Healthcare crisis and possible alternatives
5.
The electronic Medical Marketplace
6.
The logistics of Global Medical Tourism
7.
The 360 degrees of patient care in Medical Tourism
8.
Healthcare informatics and outsourcing
9.
Executive leadership and vision in outsourcing for competitive
advantage
10. HIPPA laws and
Medical Tourism
11. Outsourcing in
radiology and/or medical transcriptions
12. What type of an
organizational culture supports/complements outsourcing?
13. Critical Success
Factors in Outsourcing
14. Executive dashboard
for measuring success of an outsourcing project
15. Perceived loss of
control, privacy and security issues with outsourcing
16. Competitive aspects
of outsourcing and limitations posed by a preferred vendor's list
17. Capabilities of
first, second and third-tier outsourcing vendors
18. Effective
Governance and Management of an Outsourcing Alliance
19. Cultural issues
related to the selection of outsourcing partners
20. Managing Software
Outsourcing according to the Systems Development Life Cycle stages
21. Pros and Cons of
Onsite versus Off-site Outsourcing
22. Role of Application
Service Providers (ASP) in outsourcing
23. Role of Incubators
in outsourcing e-Business Ideas
24. Issues and
Challenges in On-Shore Sourcing
25. Issues and
Challenges in Near-Shore Sourcing
26. Issues and
Challenges in Far Shore Sourcing
27. Call center
outsourcing and Business process outsourcing (BPO) issues
28. Issues related to
outsourcing newspaper and advertisement related functions
29. Outsourcing Internet
based customer support and relationship management
30. Outsourcing vendor
selection approach
31. Outsourcing
logistics function by e-businesses
32. CIOs role in IT and
ITES Outsourcing
33. Outsourcing of
legacy modernization
34. ERP Application
support outsourcing
35. Legal issues in
outsourcing contracts from Client and Vendor Perspectives
36. Due Diligence in
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
37. Outsourcing of
Hollywood Film projects to Bollywood
38. Outsourcing online
gaming and casino operations
39. Trends of global
outsourcing in major destination countries: India, China, Russia, Brazil
40. Cost-Benefit
Analysis of Outsourcing
41. Sourcing Vendor
management challenges
42. Emerging Markets in
Offshoring
43. Offshore Captive
Centre - Success and Failure Factors
44. HRO to create a
sustainable competitive advantage
45. Research and
Development (R & D) across borders: Innovation through Offshoring
46. Intellectual Property
Protection Issues in Offshoring