1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910539208303321

Autore

Beulen Erik

Titolo

Managing IT outsourcing / / Erik Beulen, Pieter Ribbers, and Jan Roos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-85195-X

1-136-85196-8

1-283-04196-0

9786613041968

0-203-83479-8

Edizione

[2nd ed. /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RibbersPieter

RoosJan

Disciplina

004.068/4

004.0684

Soggetti

Information technology - Management

Contracting out

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Changing business models; 2 The IT outsourcing phenomenon; 3 Contracts; 4 Offshore outsourcing; 5 Business process outsourcing; 6 Structuring responsibilities; 7 Partnership risk management; 8 Governance of IT outsourcing; 9 Governance factors - the recipient; 10 Governance factors - the provider; 11 Governance factors - the relationship; 12 Looking forward; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Outsourcing is a major international phenomenon in business today. The areas of Information Technology and Management represent a unique case for outsourcing, both in terms of benefits and potential interorganizational problems. This completely revised edition presents the latest theory, research and practice in this fast changing field. With a range of case studies from outsourcing companies across the globe, the book offers a strong grounding in real-world industrial experience and keeps abreast of the most important developments in the field. The



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778419403321

Autore

Nardi James B. <1948->

Titolo

Life in the soil [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for naturalists and gardeners / / James B. Nardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-42240-5

9786612422409

0-226-56853-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

578.75/7

Soggetti

Soil biology

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. [275]-277) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Preface -- PART ONE. Marriage of the Mineral World and the Organic World -- PART TWO. Members of the Soil Community -- PART THREE. Working in Partnership with Creatures of the Soil -- Collecting and Observing Life of the Soil -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Leonardo da Vinci once mused that "we know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," an observation that is as apt today as it was five hundred years ago. The biological world under our toes is often unexplored and unappreciated, yet it teems with life. In one square meter of earth, there lives trillions of bacteria, millions of nematodes, hundreds of thousands of mites, thousands of insects and worms, and hundreds of snails and slugs. But because of their location and size, many of these creatures are as unfamiliar and bizarre to us as anything f