a quantitative outsourcing model considering dependency among components

A Quantitative Directional Relations Model Considering Topology and Distance

Original models for direction relations ignored the restriction of topology and distance relations to direction representation. To improve the representation of direction relations model by pondering about the influence of topology and distance relations on direction relations, we categorize direction reference frame into topological reference and coarse directions reference and present a new d...

Considering knowledge management in outsourcing decisions

Quantitative aspects of outsourcing deals

There are many goals for outsourcing information technology: for instance, cost reduction, speed to market, quality improvement, or new business opportunities. Based on our real-world experience in advising organizations with goal-driven outsourcing deals, we identified the most prominent quantitative input needed to close such deals. These comprise what we named the five executive issues enabl...

Components of a Quantitative Model of German Intonation

In this paper a quantitative description of German intonation is presented. It will be demonstrated that intonation contours can be efficiently analyzed, and predicted, by interpreting the components and parameters of Fujisaki’s model in terms of linguistic features and categories. It will also be argued that a superpositionally organized model is particularly suitable for a quantitatve descrip...

Anticipating and considering customers' flexibility demands in is outsourcing relationships

Information systems (IS) outsourcing relationships are determined by uncertainties and changing business environments for both client and vendor over a long-term outsourcing lifecycle. Although IS outsourcing arrangements have been widely researched, little attention has been paid to how changing business circumstances and resulting customer demands can be systematically assessed, considered, a...

Considering the Relative Importance of Outsourcing Relationship Quality

Outsourcing relationship quality (ORQ) has shown to be an important construct in previous research on outsourcing effectiveness. But, while there are various works that have conceptualized and operationalized ORQ as a rich and multi-dimensional construct, other studies which consider ORQ as (usually mediating) component of their theoretical models make hardly use of those works but often use le...