Essays about: "labour outsourcing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words labour outsourcing.

  1. 1. Cost to serve: The Interrelationships between costs in the Supply Chain of companies within the hard metal rock drilling and metal cutting tools industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Derick Okodi; Måns Riesser; [2022-08-04]
    Keywords : Supply Chain Management; Open-book Accounting; Outsourcing; Supplier-manufacturer Collaboration; Cost to Serve;

    Abstract : The globalised market has introduced consumers to a variety of affordable products with a wide range of desired attributes from competitors who are strategically located in areas with affordable labour, expertise, and raw materials. This has encouraged firms to circumvent competition through outsourcing. READ MORE

  3. 2. Labour Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Study of the Implications of Globalization on Labour Law and the Protection and Enforceability of Labour Rights Within Global Supply Chains

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Deria Rumina Yenidogan; [2020]
    Keywords : international labour law global supply chains globalization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to build an understanding of the current instruments and mechanisms governing global supply chains and to identify the governance gaps in the protection of labour rights. In order to fully understand the implications of globalization on labour law, the thesis undertakes a theoretical framework drawing on transnational labour law perspectives and a conceptual analysis of global supply chains. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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 handelsrätt

    Author : Anna Joelsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Sharing economy; crowdsourcing; Gig economy; concept of employment; employee; self-employed; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Coordination in Global Software Development : Challenges, associated threats, and mitigating practices

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation

    Author : Mod Nath Acharya; Nazam Aslam; [2012]
    Keywords : Global Software Development; Coordination; Collaboration; Systematic Literature Review; Distributed Software Development; Global Software Engineering; Mitigation Strategies; Practices; Empirical study; Offshore; Outsource; Distributed development; Dispersed development.;

    Abstract : Global Software Development (GSD) is an emerging trend in today's software world in which teams are geographically dispersed, either in close proximity or globally. GSD provides certain advantages to development companies like low development cost, access to cheap and skilled labour etc. READ MORE

  6. 5. Corporate Codes of Conduct as a Local Union Strategy: The case of Indonesia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Josephine Gustafsson; Kristian Holmberg; [2010-11-25]
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    Abstract : Today the role of companies as societal actors is subject to a vivid debate due to the ecological degradation and unethical working practices that has resulted from an increased outsourcing of production to developing countries. A commonly used method to increase the sustainability of production is by adopting codes of conduct but implementing these sustainability policies is a complex issue in developing countries partly due to the top-down design of the codes. READ MORE