[AISWorld] New Book: Offshoring Strategies: Evolving Captive Center Models (MIT Press) by Ilan Oshri

[Ilan Oshri]

Offshoring Strategies: Evolving Captive Center Models (MIT Press) 

	
	

By Ilan Oshri
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Abstract


In today's globalized economy, firms often consider off shoring when
confronted by rising costs and fierce competition. One mode of off
shoring has continued to grow despite the current global economic
turmoil: the captive centre. Captive centres are offshore subsidiaries
or branch offices that provide the parent company with services, usually
in the form of back-office activities. In Offshoring Strategies, Ilan
Oshri examines the evolution of the captive centre. He identifies basic
captive centre models, examines the captive centre strategies pursued by
Fortune Global 250 firms, describes current captive centre trends, and
offers detailed individual case studies that illustrate each model. His
analysis highlights the strategic paths available to firms that want to
maximize the returns offered by captive centres. 

Oshri outlines six models for captive centres that range from the basic
wholly owned branch office to hybrids and joint ventures and identifies
evolutionary paths along which the basic model develops. He analyzes
firms' strategies during initial set-up, then tracks the changes as
strategies evolve to meet different business needs. The case studies,
all based on the Fortune Global 250, include the development of a basic
captive unit into a complex hybrid structure; the evolution of a captive
centre into a shared service centre offering services to other
international firms; the divestment of a captive centre to a private
equity firm; and the migration of a captive centre to a location where
costs were lower. 


Endorsements

"The reports of the death of the offshore captive center, it turns out,
have been greatly exaggerated. Yet even as the captive model resurges,
corporations continue to struggle with their overseas operations. Ilan
Oshri offers the only in-depth examination of the offshore captive
center trend and strategies for how to do it right."
-Stephanie Overby, Business Journalist 

"As outsourcing has become ever more complex, the captive model of
offshoring has fallen from favor. In this timely volume, Oshri explores
how there is not only life remaining in the captive model, but also that
captive centers deserve a reappraisal for the new decade."
-Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, author of Global Services: Moving to a Level
Playing Field and Building a Future with BRICs 

"There is not a single book on offshoring that does such a compelling
job of explaining offshoring strategies. Most existing books focus on
offshore operations-which is quite important-but we really need to
understand offshoring strategies first. Oshri carefully analyzes the
strategic options that offshore captive centers can pursue. And clearly,
the captive center option isn't dead, as some have too quickly asserted,
but evolving. As with any juicy business book, the in-depth case
narratives of six giant global firms' captive centers are rich and
lively, offering valuable insight for the global sourcing decision
maker."
-Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, and
coauthor of Offshoring Information Technology 

"Ilan Oshri, the world's leading researcher on the topic, has provided
the most comprehensive coverage of captive centers ever published-an
area that is extremely important to global businesses, yet understudied.
This book should be of interest to senior executives and directors of
business units of every global firm."
-Mary C. Lacity, Professor of Information Systems and International
Business Fellow, University of Missouri-St. Louis


For more information:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12450



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