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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>Seventh Global Sourcing Workshop<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>11 - 14 March 2013<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Val d’Isere, France<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Following the success of the past Global Sourcing Workshops, we are pleased to release this Call for Papers for the Seventh Global Sourcing Workshop which will be held March 11-14, 2013 in Val d’Isere, France. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>The workshop will focus on Global Sourcing with a specific interest in practices that improve firm’s performance and those that affect communities and societies. This workshop aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including IB, Strategy, OM, OB and IS on global sourcing of IT, Business and Knowledge Processes and Innovation. We also focus on teaching aspects related to outsourcing and offshoring with fast track for publishing high quality teaching cases in Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><u>Paper Track<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>We invite research articles, works in progress and ‘focus on practice’ papers that investigate topics relating to global outsourcing and offshoring. In particular, the workshop will endeavour to present the views from client, vendor and intermediary firm perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this workshop are:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Sourcing models (e.g. offshoring, offshore-outsourcing, near-shoring, cloud services, micro-sourcing and SaaS)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Sourcing decision making<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Sourcing configurations (multi-sourcing, bundle services, etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Supplier and client capabilities <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Captive and shared service centres<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Back-sourcing<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Knowledge processes and innovation in outsourcing/offshoring <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Cultural and social aspects of sourcing practice<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Emerging topics and concepts in sourcing <o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>We are interested in papers that are both conceptual and empirically-based. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><u>Teaching Cases Track<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>We are interested in teaching cases on outsourcing and offshoring which we would consider for publication in Journal of IT Teaching Cases (JITTC) <a href="http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/">http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jittc/</a> . <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><u>Administrative matters<o:p></o:p></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Please note that a small conference venue has been reserved with guaranteed attendance restricted to those having papers accepted for presentation. Participants need to book early to secure reserved accommodation at the conference location or other rooms nearby. See full details on our website: <i>www.globalsourcing.org.uk.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><u>Publication outlets</u>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>In the last three years we have published selected papers as book chapters in a book by Springer. It is likely that we will publish another book based on the papers from this Workshop. Furthermore, selected papers will be invited to submit a revised version for a publication in either <i>Journal of Information Technology</i> or <i>Strategic Outsourcing </i>journal, and high quality teaching cases to JITTC. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>October 1<sup>st</sup> 2012 – Deadline to submit extended abstracts/teaching proposals to the Workshop on Global Sourcing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-autospace:none'>October 15<sup>th</sup> 2012 - Notification of accepted extended abstracts/teaching proposals<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-autospace:none'>Registration deadline: November 15<sup>th </sup>2012 (Registration fees will be 300 EURO per person which include a reception and 2 dinners)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-autospace:none'>January 18<sup>th</sup> 2013 – Deadline to submit full papers/teaching case and notes to the Workshop on Global Sourcing<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-autospace:none'>March 1<sup>st</sup> 2013 – Reviews sent to authors <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>March 11-14, 2013 – Workshop on Global Sourcing, Val d’Isere, France <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>Paper Track:</b> Extended abstracts should be between 600-800 words.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>Teaching Track:</b> Proposals for <i>teaching cases</i> should be between 600-800 words and include the teaching case outline and learning objectives. For teaching cases, the submission of full teaching case and teaching notes will be required.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>All submissions should be sent in MS Word format to: <a href="mailto:globalsourcing.org.uk@gmail.com">globalsourcing.org.uk@gmail.com</a> with 'Abstract submission GSW 2013' as the subject of the e-mail.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For preparation of full papers please follow Guidelines for Authors posted on the workshop site: http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>Important Links<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Val d’Isere ski resort: http://www.valdisere.com/gb_ete/index.php<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Our Representative at the Conference Centre for enquiries about accommodations is Ms. Aurore Revial, her email: a.revial@valdisere-congres.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b>Workshop Organizers: <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Leslie P. Willcocks (http://personal.lse.ac.uk/willcock/)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Julia Kotlarsky (http://www.juliakotlarsky.com)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'>Ilan Oshri (http://www.ilanoshri.com/)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ilan Oshri<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor of Technology and Globalisation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Loughborough School of Business and Economics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>