Program Agenda
The program is as follows:
Saturday, April 1, 2006
8:00 - 8:30 AM - Speakman 115
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 AM - Speakman 115
Opening Remarks and Welcome
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Arvind Parkhe
Professor of IB and Strategy, Strategy Cochran Research Fellow, Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University
8:45 - 10:15 AM - Speakman Hall 115
SESSION 1: Theoretical frontiers of International Outsourcing of Services Research
Discussant: Dr. Maasaki Kotabe
- International Outsourcing of Services: Winner, Loser and Strategies
- Stephen Tallman, University of Richmond
- International Outsourcing of Services: A Partnership Model
- Ben Kedia, University of Memphis
- Somnath Lahiri, University of Memphis
- Institutional Factors Affecting Offshore Business Process and Information Technology Outsourcing
- Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM - Speakman Lounge
Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 PM - Speakman Hall 115
SESSION 2: Dissecting the Outsourcing Agreement
Discussant: Dr. Robert Hamilton
- Contracting Costs in Outsourcing Partnerships: An Investigation of Termination Provisions
- Africa Arino, University of Navarra
- Jeffrey Reuer, University of North Carolina
- Kyle Mayer, University of Southern California
- Joan Jane, Hewlett Packard- Spain
- International Offshoring Services: A Parity Study
- Kraiwinee Bunyaratavej, Arcadia University
- Eugene Hahn, Salisbury University
- Jonathan Doh, Villanova University
- Trust and Formal Contracts in Outsourcing Relationships- Substitutes and Complements
- Thomas Mellewigt, University of Paderborn
- Anoop Madhok, York University
- Antoinette Weibel, University of Zurich
12:00 - 1:30 PM - Speakman Lounge
Luncheon Remarks
M. Moshe Porat
Dean, Fox School of Business & Management, Temple University
1:30 - 3:00 PM - Speakman Hall 115
SESSION 3: Services Outsourcing: A focus on India
Discussant: Dr. Janet Murray
- Global Outsourcing of Electronically Traded White Collar Services: Medical Transcription in India
- Nikhilesh Dholakia, University of Rhode Island
- Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Offshore Outsourcing of Services: What's in it for India
- Anindya Bhattacharya, Brooklyn College
- When Outsourcing is not an Option: International Relocation of Investment Bank Research
- Michael Grote, J.W. Goethe-University
- Florian Täube, J.W. Goethe-University
3:00 - 3:15 PM - Speakman Lounge
Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:45 PM - Speakman Hall 115
SESSION 4: Cultural Influences on International Outsourcing of HomeShoring
Discussant: Dr. Susan Mudambi
- Elements of Offshore Service Ethnocentrism
- Shawn Thelen, Hofstra University
- Tanya Thelen, Independent Consultant
- Vincent Magnini, Longwood University
- International Sourcing of Services: The "HomeShoring" Alternative
- Dustin Crane, Aelera Corporation
- Jim Stachura, Aelera Corporation
- Sheila Dalmat, Key Bridges Inc.
- Rich Metters, Emory University
- Diversity by Design: The Relationship of Offshore Outsourcing and Culture upon Organizational Performance in the Financial Services Industry
- Christopher Clott, Saint Xavier University
6:00 PM
DINNER