Bridging inter- and intra-firm boundaries: management of supplier involvement in automobile product development

Outsourcing has become an important strategy for many firms. Yet, firms need to compete with their competitors who also outsource and may share the same suppliers. This article explores how a firm could outperform others in managing the division of labor with a supplier in product development. Drawing on the empirical data collected from the Japanese auto industry, this paper shows that an automaker needs capabilities to coordinate various activities both externally with a supplier and internally within its own organization, in order to gain better component development performance. Overall, the results imply that outsourcing does not work effectively without extensive internal effort. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

企业物流外包的风险与防范

通过分析企业物流外包过程中存在的内部障碍及在接受第三方物流时的顾虑，提出了一系列防范措施，并针对接受第三方物流时的顾虑制定了分成合约策略。     

基于风险矩阵的物流外包风险评估

分析了物流外包中存在的风险，将风险矩阵引入到物流外包的风险评估中，为物流外包提供了一种结构性风险评估方法。并以某生产企业配送外包为例对风险矩阵的应用进行了说明。     

军事物流外包分析研究

军事物流外包对军队的保障力量的建设有很大的帮助，但是在军事物流外包的过程中一定要注意一些问题的妥善解决．既保护军队和物流承包商的利益．又保证物流的顺利实施，树立社会化的物流保障观念．探索由一条适合中国国情的军事物流外包的道路来。     

Outsourcing and trade in a spatial world

This paper provides an analysis of outsourcing and trade in a spatial model à la Hotelling. In this setting, we discuss the trade-off between transport-cost-related disadvantages and outsourcing-related production cost advantages of a large economy and we investigate how the existence of national transport costs influences both the structure of industrial production and the pattern of final goods trade. In addition, the model gives a rich picture of the possible welfare effects of trade liberalization. In particular, we show that a final goods exporting country definitely gains from economic integration, while a final goods importing country may lose. Finally, when lowering domestic outsourcing activities, trade liberalization may reduce world welfare, even if pro-competitive effects lead to a decline in consumer prices.     

人才派遣与企业人力资源管理创新

人才派遣是一种全新的人才资源市场配置方式，它为企业人力资源管理创新提供了舞台。文章从用人单位的角度，分析了人才派遣的特点、运作机理；提出了在人才派遣方式下的四种人力资源管理创新方式；并就人力资源管理创新问题提出了看法。     

Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Service Industries

This paper is a survey of recent contributions to, and developments of, the relationship between outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in manufacturing and services. The objective is to provide a thorough and up–to–date survey that provides a significant discussion on data, as well as on the core methods of measuring efficiency and productivity. First, the readers are introduced to the measurement of partial and total factor productivity growth. Different parametric and non–parametric approaches to the productivity measurement in the context of static, dynamic and firm–specific modelling are discussed. Second, we survey the econometric approach to efficiency analysis. The issues of modelling, distributional assumptions and estimation methods are discussed assuming that cross–sectional or panel data are available. Third, the relationship between outsourcing and productivity growth in manufacturing and services is discussed. The correspondence between a number of hypotheses and empirical findings are examined. Examples of varieties of relevant empirical applications, their findings and implications are presented. Fourth, measurement of inputs and outputs in manufacturing and services are discussed. Finally, to promote useful research, a number of factors important to the analysis of outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in the service sector are summarised.     

军事装备维修外包承包商评估体系研究

针对军事装备维修外包的特点,对承包商评估展开研究。分析了军事装备维修外包承包商评估的目标,建立了军事装备维修外包承包商评估体系,详细分析了实施内容和方法。