The Relationship Between Outsourcing And Wage Inequality Under Sector-Specific FDI Barriers
[ Source: China Europe International Business School(CEIBS) ]
January 2008-
International outsourcing by multinational firms represents an important new aspect of modern world trade. Recently this phenomenon has received increasing attention because of its labor-market implications. A theoretical link between outsourcing and wage inequality is established in a simple general equilibrium model. In the model, a manufacturing sector assembles a final good from a continuum of intermediate inputs whose production requires skilled and unskilled labor and capital. This paper shows that outsourcing and wage inequality ....
Adding Business Value with Wide-Area Data Services
[ Source: Riverbed ]
August 2007-
With the growing importance of anywhere, anytime access for an increasingly dispersed workforce, IT managers are continually looking for ways to accelerate application performance across the wide area network (WAN).
Point products are available to improve one or another aspect of WAN performance, such as insufficient or congested bandwidth, impaired application performance, slow remote backup and replication, or obstacles to IT consolidation. However, IT managers would like a comprehensive wide-area solution that addresses all ....
On-Demand IT Asset Management: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How You Can Benefit
[ Source: SAManage ]
March 2008-
This paper explains what IT Asset Management is and how it could benefit every organization. The paper highlights IT asset management (ITAM) solutions that can help organizations gain greater control over the various components within their IT architectures. ITAM systems have been so effective at helping companies derive greater value from their IT investments that the demand for such solutions continues to accelerate at a rapid pace.
Solving the Storage Conundrum
[ Source: BlueArc ]
October 2008-
There are two things that can be done to minimize damage to Internet Services Companies caused by unexpected downtime or outages. The first is providing customer transparency, giving them detailed explanations as to exactly what's going on. The second is to get rid of or reduce as many outages or performance degradations as possible by eliminating some of the most common root causes. Regrettably, too many Internet Services organizations cut corners on their storage in ....
New Outsourcing Opportunities In India
[ Source: University of Arizona ]
January 2008-
This research paper tell that outsourcing industry has been gaining momentum for last couple of years and it has been estimated that IT outsourcing alone in India would reach about $55 billion dollars this year. To attract new businesses, Indian companies are offering services in new areas such as Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Payroll, CRM etc. Companies should take advantages of the lower costs and talented pool in India to further reduce spending on ....
Your Intellectual Property Deserves Iron-Clad Security from Your Outsourcer
[ Source: Long Circle ]
May 2008-
IP-based businesses now represent the largest single sector of the U.S. economy and, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, intellectual property theft costs U.S. businesses an estimated $250 billion per year and 750,000 American jobs. An outsourcer is not only tasked with R&D development, but equally important, is expected to keep that intellectual property safe. No company can afford to do business with an outsourcing vendor that bypasses or takes shortcuts with security. As ....
Prepaid Telecommunications Fraud - Techniques And Detection
[ Source: Fair Isaac ]
January 2008-
Telecommunications fraud costs carriers billions of revenue dollars annually. With the introduction of 2G, 2.5G, and 3G technologies, many people in the telecom carrier community believe that their future potential fraud will be substantially mitigated. Many forms of technical fraud are becoming less feasible and cost effective for the fraud criminal element. Fair Isaac Fraud Analytics provides unified fraud detection platform. It detects many complex types of fraud, such as technical and subscription fraud.
Home Networks In Europe: Key Applications And Drivers
[ Source: Parks Associates ]
January 2008-
Kurt is the sole author or contributing author/analyst to more than 40 research reports and studies produced by Parks Associates. The worldwide outlook for home networks is significant. This paper discusses about Home Networking as a Broadband-enabled Solution. The use of a home network largely as a broadband-sharing mechanism is just the first of several stages in the evolution of home networking. The author studies developments in home networks, residential gateways, digital entertainment, technology development ....
Considering Third-Generation Discovery: Two Approaches For Evaluating eDiscovery Offerings
[ Source: Orange Legal Technologies ]
December 2008-
With the many products and services available in the marketplace today, the need to be able to uniformly contrast and compare electronic discovery offerings continues to grow. Even though more and more vendors are providing pricing comparison tools that can help in considering their offerings, there continues to be a need for comparison frameworks to help electronic discovery professionals systematically evaluate offerings beyond pricing and through the lens of additional factors to include capability, delivery ....
How News Can Increase Your Web Site's Profits: Why Buying News And Content For Your Website Will Make Money
[ Source: www.comtex.com ]
November 2008-
This whitepaper examines the challenges of increasing the return on investment for your Web site through the use of licensed news and content. It introduces the benefits of buying custom, licensed newsfeeds from an established news aggregator, and expands on the proven benefits.