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Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly.


Special effects outsourcing grows in India (AP)

Special effects outsourcing grows in India

Technology / Business

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Outsourcing to India, long dominated by software engineering and back-office work, is expanding in new terrain: special effects for movies.


Nuanced case for outsourcing by automakers

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Automakers who favor the flexibility and price savings of outsourcing production must weigh carefully the product life cycle implications of sacrificing in-house manufacturing, according to the Management Insights feature ...





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HP's profit up 14 pct despite sales drop (AP)

HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses.


India fraud office to prosecute Satyam founder

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday.


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Many computer users hesitate to ride the Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Google's latest brainchild, Google Wave, is all the rage among bleeding-edge technology enthusiasts. But corporate information technology executives say that while they're intrigued by Wave -- a replacement ...


India's TCS announces 29 pct quarterly profit jump

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created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India's biggest software services exporter, TCS, reported Friday that its quarterly net profit rose by 29 percent as the company sealed more deals in a better global business environment.


IBM sees better profit despite tech sales slump (AP)

IBM sees better profit despite tech sales slump

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- IBM Corp. is a rare example of a company that has kept boosting profit and jacking up its guidance even as the recession has sapped its sales.


India's Infosys posts 7.5 pct jump in quarterly profit

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Infosys Technologies, India's second-biggest software firm, posted Friday a surprise 7.5 percent quarterly jump in net profit as an improving global economy eased price-cutting pressure.


Health in low-income countries: Outsourcing and cash incentives may help

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Contracting private providers of healthcare services and giving cash incentives to patients are two strategies that have been proposed to increase access to healthcare in low income countries. In two new Cochrane Systematic ...


Corporations rethinking IT's role in cutting corporate costs, boosting productivity

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The current recession has focused top information technology executives on cost-cutting, but they are not slashing jobs the way they did in previous economic downturns, according to a 2009 benchmark report commissioned by ...


Ahead of the Bell: Brocade shares jump

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shares of Brocade Communications Systems Inc. jumped in premarket trading Monday after a report the network gear and data storage company is up for sale.


Xerox in $6B deal to expand tech services business

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created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Xerox Corp. said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for $6.4 billion in cash and stock, joining the expensive race among technology companies to broaden their offerings.



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