Essays about: "Outsourcing or Not the IT Function"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Outsourcing or Not the IT Function.
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1. Workers in the gig economy: employees or self-employed? - A comparative study on the concept of employment in the “gig economy”, focusing on Sweden and the United Kingdom
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att ge en överblick över det nya, men snabbt växande, konceptet crowdsourcing. Konceptet kan enkelt beskrivas som en åtgärd att ta en uppgift som vanligtvis utförs av en utsedd arbetspresterande part (vanligtvis en anställd) och outsourca denna till en odefinerad, anonym och generellt stort grupp av människor i form av en ”öppen inbjudan”. READ MORE
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2. A Component-based Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Framework
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : IT solutions must be protected so that the business can continue, even in the case of fatal failures associated with disasters. Business continuity in the context of disaster implies that business cannot continue in the current environment but instead must continue at an alternate site or data center. READ MORE
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3. Operating the Transport Function Internally –A Viable Option?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : At one point or another, insourcing and outsourcing of transport services becomes a dilemma that companies must deal with in order to stay competitive. It is very common for companies to outsource functions of the supply chain that do not qualify as their ‘core competency. READ MORE
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4. Backsourcing – a case study of a middle size manufacturing company taking an outsourced function back in-house
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : For a long time, companies have been using outsourcing as main strategy to overcome obstacles and gain competitive advantage. The reasons for doing so are many, including the possibility of cutting cost, sharing risk and focusing on the core competences. READ MORE
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5. I do it for myself : A study on motivational differences between contracted and permanent employees in Sweden
University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : Over the past decades outsourcing decades outsourcing has become an increasing trend.Firms decide to outsource in order to increase their profits or flexibility and many differentfunctions of the firm may be outsourced, one of them being the Human Resource (HR)function. READ MORE