translating and translation are transformed with information and communication technology (ict). within three decades, a new work environment is shaking up the translator’s world. new types of translators are emerging. the balance between supply and demand is changing. however, we need adequate tools and methods to investigate the new hierarchy which has become established between translators, ...

This paper conducts a two-period dynamic analysis of sourcing mode choices for e-commerce projects implemented by large firms during 1999–2002. We 48 KISHORE, AGRAWAL, AND RAO differentiate e-commerce assets that are the focus of a sourcing decision in terms of whether they are in the growth or maturity stages. We also consider hybrid governance mechanisms, such as minority equity arrangements,...

The paper explores the meaning of flexibility in the context of lean, agile and leagile supply networks and articulates a supply network flexibility framework. Two key ‘sources’ of flexibility are investigated: Vendor Flexibility and Sourcing Flexibility. The paper introduces an extension of the ‘leagility’ concept beyond the simple material flow decoupling point concept. Two new types of Leagi...

Firms continuously search for external knowledge that can contribute to product innovation, which may ultimately increase market performance. The relationship between external knowledge sourcing and market performance is not well-documented. The extant literature primarily examines the causal relationship between external knowledge sources and product innovation performance or to identify facto...

The use of global suppliers has increased considerably over the last three decades. Operations management theory establishes that global sourcing requires more units of inventory, but since these units are often procured at a lower cost from global suppliers the capital invested in inventory and the consequent financial burden may increase or decrease with global sourcing. This study provides r...

Social media monitoring has been initially adopted by private sector firms in order to collect opinions, complaints and questions concerning their products and services, to be used for making appropriate changes and improvements of them and also for designing communication strategies. Recently government agencies have started adopting SMM, as a form of ‘passive citizen-sourcing’, in order to co...

In the networking age, Chinese government have done much on official online platforms for providing service and improving interaction between government to citizen (G2C). However the problem is the G2C platforms seem always could attract only part of citizen participation. Although most previous studies discuss e-participation, e-government service adoption from technological perspectives or pe...

The benefits of global sourcing as part of a firm’s purchasing strategy have been widely discussed in the academic literature, yet so there are few models that provide a comprehensive risk and cost assessment to guide managerial decision-making. In particular, few models capture the dynamic nature of many cost drivers, such as transportation and energy cost, labour cost inflation, or carbon off...

This paper applies the Red Queen theory to explain how organizations utilize various sourcing arrangements in order to compete in an evolutionary arms race where only the strongest competitors will survive. This case study incorporates competition and views sourcing strategies as a means to improve its viability to survive in the marketplace. The study begins with a review of sourcing literatur...

As suppliers provide more value in today’s supply chains, eliciting supplier cost-reduction efforts and inducing supplier competition are two important levers for a buyer to reduce sourcing costs. In this paper, we study a buyer’s sourcing strategy considering supplier effort and competition. The buyer has two instruments in her strategy: the composition of the supply base and the contracting m...