[AISWorld] CFP - JITCAR Special Issue on GLOBAL SOURCING OF SERVICES

[Longstreet, Phil L]

Call for Papers for Special Issue of JITCAR
GLOBAL SOURCING OF SERVICES: BRIDGING THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC DIVIDE

The premise of this Special Issue is:

We are in the midst of a global outsourcing revolution. The current global economic crisis has once again confirmed that the world′s economy is inescapably and irreversibly integrated. Global sourcing of products and services has become an accepted business strategy of both Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs).  Global Sourcing of Services and Products in the context of global economic crisis can be our savior.  The theme of this special issue is how global sourcing can help in bridging the worldwide economic divide and slowly usher the human race into peaceful global cooperation and collaboration.

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 at liu.edu, please note the following:

a) The deadline for submission of full paper is December 1, 2012. The submission should not exceed 25 pages double spaced excluding references and appendices.
b) Submitted papers must utilize case/application research methodology.
c) Papers should be submitted as soft copies, using MS-Word.
d) Blind review comments/recommendation will be provided by January 15, 2013.  
e) Accepted papers must be revised and submitted by February 28, 2013.
 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 North America
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 



Phil Longstreet
JITCAR, Managing Editor