1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784415403321

Autore

Click Rick L

Titolo

Business process outsourcing [[electronic resource] ] : the competitive advantage / / Rick L. Click, Thomas N. Duening

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, c2005

ISBN

1-280-26551-5

9786610265510

0-471-70097-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DueningThomas N

Disciplina

658.4/058

Soggetti

Contracting out

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Business Process Outsourcing; contents; foreword; preface; acknowledgments; Part One: BPO Overview; Chapter 1: What Is So Revolutionary about BPO?; BPO: A SOCIO-TECHNICAL INNOVATION; DRIVING FACTORS; BPO TYPES; TO BPO OR NOT TO BPO? A STRATEGIC QUESTION; SUMMARY; Chapter 2: Who Is Using BPO and How?; SUCCESSFUL OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; COMPETENCE CO-DEVELOPMENT OUTSOURCING; VARIABLE-PRICE OUTSOURCING; FIRST-TIME OUTSOURCING; REVERSE OUTSOURCING; BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION OUTSOURCING; UNSUCCESSFUL OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Part Two: To BPO or Not to BPO?

Chapter 3: Identify and Select the BPO Opportunity BPO PROJECT TEAM STRUCTURE; SIX-STEP PROCESS; STEP 1: ESTABLISH A BPO ANALYSIS TEAM; STEP 2: CONDUCT A CURRENT STATE ANALYSIS; STEP 3: IDENTIFY CORE AND NONCORE ACTIVITIES; STEP 4: IDENTIFY BPO OPPORTUNITIES; STEP 5: MODEL THE BPO PROJECT; STEP 6: DEVELOP AND PRESENT THE BUSINESS CASE; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Chapter 4: Identify and Manage the Costs of BPO; TOTAL COST MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL COSTS; STRATEGIC COSTS; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Part Three: BPO Vendor Selection; Chapter 5: Identify and Select a BPO Vendor; AN EIGHT-STEP PROCESS

STEP 1: APPOINT A VENDOR SELECTION TEAM STEP 2: ESTABLISH



QUALIFICATIONS; STEP 3: DEVELOP A LONG LIST; STEP 4: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION; STEP 5: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; STEP 6: EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS; STEP 7: SELECT A SHORT LIST; STEP 8: SELECT THE VENDOR; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Chapter 6: BPO Contracts; NEGOTIATING BPO AGREEMENTS; TERMS OF THE BPO CONTRACT; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Part Four: Executing an Outsourcing Project; Chapter 7: Managing the BPO Transition; THE BPO PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN; GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY

Chapter 8: Managing the Buyer - Vendor Relationship FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BPO PROJECT; BPO RELATIONSHIP SUCCESS FACTORS; RELATIONSHIP RISK FACTORS; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Chapter 9: Infrastructure Considerations and Challenges; HARDWARE INFRASTRUCTURE; SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAINING AND SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY; Chapter 10: Business Risks and Mitigation Strategies; HUMAN CAPITAL RISKS; PROJECT RISKS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RISKS; LEGAL RISKS; VENDOR ORGANIZATIONAL RISKS; VALUE RISKS; FORCE MAJEURE RISKS; CONCLUSION; SUMMARY

Part Five: The Future of BPO Chapter 11: Future Potential for BPO; GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVENESS; BPO AND POLITICS; BPO AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS; BPO AND GLOBAL WORKERS; BPO AND EDUCATION; OUTRAGEOUS PREDICTIONS: WHAT'S LEFT FOR AMERICA?; CONCLUSION; endnotes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is becoming the new revolution as company's of all sizes are seeking to take advantage of this source of competitive advantage.This book provides a step-by-step approach to understanding the application of Business Process Outsourcing, assessing the BPO opportunity in the company, and then managing the transition to BPO. It serves as a guide to implementing BPO and as a reference source to solving the variety of issues that may arise during a BPO initiative. Each chapter features a case study, insight from a practitioner, focus on how BPO affects people,



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254610203321

Autore

Budroni Costantino

Titolo

Temporal Quantum Correlations and Hidden Variable Models / / by Costantino Budroni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-24169-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum theory

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Quantum Physics

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral Thesis accepted by University of Siegen, Germany."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Preliminary notions -- Noncontextuality inequalities from variable elimination -- Optimal tests for state-independent contextuality -- Quantum bounds for temporal correlations -- Dimension witnesses -- Conclusions. .

Sommario/riassunto

In this thesis, the main approach to the characterization of the set of classical probabilities, the correlation polytope approach, is reviewed for different scenarios, namely, hidden variable models discussed by Bell (local), Kochen and Specker (non-contextual), and Leggett and Garg (macrorealist). Computational difficulties associated with the method are described and a method to overcome them in several nontrivial cases is presented. For the quantum case, a general method to analyze quantum correlations in the sequential measurement scenario is provided, which allows computation of the maximal correlations. Such a method has a direct application for computation of maximal quantum violations of Leggett-Garg inequalities and it is relevant in the analysis of non-contextuality tests. Finally, possible applications of the results for quantum information tasks are discussed.