[AISWorld] Latest book on Global Sourcing of Services

[Prashant Palvia]

Dear AISWorld friends:


Our long-awaited book on “Global Sourcing of Services” has just been
published by Now-World Scientific. The following site has content as well
as ordering information:


http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10025


We request you to promote the book to your library, your professional
contacts in academia and industry, as well use it in the classroom.  This
book will be ideal for a course on Global IT Management, Outsourcing,
and/or offshoring. It can be used at both undergraduate and graduate levels.



The contents include:

   - *Conceptual and Research Frameworks:*
      - Global Sourcing of Services: Why, What, Where, and How? *(Shailendra
      C Jain Palvia)*
      - A Research Framework for the Impact of Cultural Differences on IT
      Outsourcing *(Anil Gurung and Edmund Prater)*
      - IT Outsourcing in the Public Sector: A Literature Analysis *(Sonia
      Gantman)*
   - *Client and Vendor Issues:*
      - Lessons Learned from Global Information Technology Offshoring:
      Client and Vendor Perspectives *(Peter Haried and K (Ram) Ramamurthy)*
      - Offshore IS Vendors: Capability, Quality, and Performance *(Prashant
      Palvia and Shailendra C Jain Palvia)*
      - Vendor Risks in Remote Infrastructure Management Services *(Saji K
      Mathew and Madhuchhanda Das Aundhe)*
      - Critical Issues Facing IT Outsourcing Vendors in India *(Shailendra
      C Jain Palvia and Prashant Palvia)*
      - Client–Vendor Relationship Management in Global Sourcing *(Christine
      V Bullen, Richard LeFave and Gad J Selig)*
   - *Global Sourcing Life Cycle:*
      - A Primer on Global Sourcing Life Cycle (GSLC) *(Shailendra C Jain
      Palvia)*
      - Offshore Outsourcing Business Models: An Analysis of Four
Cases *(Naureen
      Khan and Guy Fitzgerald)*
      - Global Sourcing of Services: A Two Stage Model for Selecting a
      Vendor *(Shailendra C Jain Palvia)*
      - Strategy and Vendor Selection in IT Outsourcing: Is There a Method
      in the Madness? *(Dev K Dutta, Kholekile L Gwebu and Jing Wang)*
      - Successful Enterprise System Re-Implementation: A Multi-Sourcing
      Case Study *(Per Svejvig)*
      - Entry and Exit Strategies in Sourcing Engagement *(Christine V
      Bullen, Richard LeFave and Gad J Selig)*
   - *Project Management, Risk Management, and Social Capital in Global
   Sourcing:*
      - Collaboration in Global Intra-Organizational Systems
Development *(Madhu
      T Rao and Gloria Sanchez)*
      - Risk Assessment in IT Outsourcing *(Saji K Mathew)*
      - Role of Social Capital in Global Sourcing *(Joseph Rottman and Mary
      Lacity)*
   - Glossary of Terms
   - Index

Thanks and happy holidays,



Editors: Shailendra Palvia and Prashant Palvia