Talent Management Practices in IT Companies from Emerging Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Russia,India, and China

ABSTRACT

In this article, the authors review talent management practices in information technology (IT) companies from Russia, India, and China, discussing their differences and similarities. Using the emerging market context, the authors debate the factors influencing talent management, specifically in IT companies. The article examines the relevant research on the main talent management issues in Russia, India, and China, and offers one of the first intercountry comparative analyses of talent management practices in IT companies from emerging markets. The authors argue that although talent management practices are influenced by different institutional and cultural factors, there are similarities and differences that can be explained by the emerging market and industry-specific contexts.     

Emergent Internet Technology Applications for Relationship Marketing

Abstract

In this paper we bring together the concepts of Relationship Marketing (RM) in the marketing literature and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in Information Systems (IS) literature to identify and assess emergent Internet-based Information Technologies (IT) that add value for consumers. We focus on the customer's perspective by identifying the key benefits consumers seek when they enter into IT-mediated interactions with sellers. We review the IS-CRM literature and identify 8 critical IT categories that have the potential for changing how buyers and sellers establish and maintain relationships in the Internet era. Subsequently, we introduce a conceptual model, which considers the nature of the consumer's involvement with sellers through emergent Internet-based technologies in juxtaposition to potential technology-based benefits to consumers. We then discuss the implications of this proposed direction. Finally, we discuss a future research agenda, which considers the use of IT in relationship management.     

IT产业知识型员工职业生涯管理体系研究

职业生涯管理是当前IT产业知识型员工人力资源管理的热点与难点.通过简要回顾职业生涯管理理论,在分析IT产业与知识型员工职业生涯特点的基础上,构建了具有针对性的IT产业知识型员工职业生涯管理体系,并介绍了该体系的构成.     

信息技术与IT治理研究综述

IT治理理论和实践的复杂性制约了IT治理的研究。本文基于对信息技术含义和信息技术作用机制的分析,从IT治理概念所涵盖的要素、IT治理评价和IT治理与公司治理的关系角度入手,对当前IT治理的研究和实践进行了全面的综述并提出未来的研究方向。     

网络环境下信息系统审计的职能与类型

最近十年,信息系统审计在企业管理中的职能与地位都产生了质的飞跃:企业的生存与发展越来越依赖信息系统,而电子商务对企业经营管理又造成一定的潜在风险,信息系统审计成为外部审计不可或缺的一环,同时它也成为内部控制的主要参与者。现代信息系统审计应当包括真实性审计、安全性审计和绩效审计三种基本类型,它们都有各自的具体目标。     

IT与业务融合视角下铁路物流企业BPR模式研究

针对目前铁路物流企业在业务流程管理方面存在的问题,提出了IT与业务融合模型。在此基础上,给出铁路物流企业业务流程再造(Business Process Reengineering,BPR)的具体模式,并以西安某铁路物流公司在新的竞争环境下实施业务流程再造为例,对IT与业务融合视角下的BPR模式进行了具体应用。     

The Danish Agro Machinery Industry in a Global Perspective, 1945–2005

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Since the mid-nineteenth century, agriculture and the agro machinery industry has formed an integral part of the developed world, dominated by North America and Western Europe. After the Second World War, agricultural industrialization speeded up. Millions of small and mixed farms in the West disappeared to be replaced by large-scale and specialized farming. The technology needed to transform agriculture was supplied by an expanding agro machinery industry. As in other fields of industry, the agro machinery industry turned into an international business. By the turn of the twentieth century, farming and industry took an even bigger step as business and technology were being globalized. The agro machinery industry that served these global markets remained in the West, however. Eventually, transatlantic mergers consolidated firms into industries for plant, dairy and pig and poultry farming equipment. This article discusses how the Danish agro machinery increasingly became an integrated part of international and global developments.     

培养高端IT人才的“项目教学法”的研究

针对目前市场急需的高技能、应用型的高端IT人才的培养,给出了一系列的教育教学改革途径：实例驱动的项目教学法,利用多种教学方法的工学结合的教学模式。突出＂实战＂能力培养,对传统的教育教学方法进行了改进,对提高高端IT人才的应用能力的培养与具体实施具有可行性和可操作性的特点,值得借鉴和推广。     

Turnover intentions among repatriated employees in an emerging economy: the Indian experience

In the present global environment, liberalization of international trade and the intense international competition, it has become more important for multinational corporations (MNCs) to internationalize their business. In the course of the internationalization, it is imperative that MNCs need to offer their employees the possibility of working abroad (called expatriation). However, studies have shown that when expatriates return to the home organization, called repatriation, it is related to many problems and these problems are not always taken seriously. Therefore, this article describes several repatriation processes undertaken by Indian Information Technology (IT) MNCs and how effective they are at lowering repatriates' turnover intentions. To fulfill this objective, first, the article reviews the literature on turnover intention among repatriates and then an empirical quantitative study is developed with a sample of 292 repatriates who have recently returned to India. The results indicated that the surveyed repatriates believed that perceived support during international assignment and upon return from assignment are two most important variables to increase the repatriate's retention and lack of it thereof was likely to generate unfavorable attitudes toward the company and higher turnover intention.     

The relationship between information technology capability,inventory efficiency,and shareholder wealth: A firm-level empirical analysis

Inventories represent an important strategic resource for firms, with implications for shareholder wealth. As such, firms expend considerable effort in managing their inventories efficiently. Among other factors, information technology (IT) capability can play an important role in enabling inventory efficiency and financial performance. However, insight into the chain-of-effects linking IT capability, inventory efficiency, and stock market returns and risk remains limited. In this paper, we provide a conceptual model outlining the relationships between these constructs. Next, we evaluate the model using secondary information on firms from multiple industries across the 10-year time period of 2000–2009. Our analysis confirms that firms’ IT capability plays a significant role in enhancing their inventory efficiency, which, in turn, is observed to increase stock market returns. Our results also reveal that firms’ IT capability directly reduces their stock market risk and enhances their stock market returns. Taken together, these findings, along with the conceptual model that we advance, have important research and managerial implications.