30+ years of research and practice of outsourcing – Exploring the past and anticipating the future

Outsourcing is a phenomenon that as a practice originated in the 1950s, but it was not until the 1980s when the strategy became widely adopted in organizations. Since then, the strategy has evolved from a strictly cost focused approach towards more cooperative nature, in which cost is only one, often secondary, decision-making criterion. In the development of the strategy, three broad and somewhat overlapping, yet distinct phases can be identified: the era of the Big Bang, the era of the Bandwagon, and the era of Barrierless Organizations. This paper illustrates that the evolution of the practice has caused several contradictions among researchers, as well as led to the situation where the theoretical background of the phenomenon has recently become much richer. Through examining existing research, this paper intends to identify the development of outsourcing strategy from a practical as well as a theoretical perspective from its birth up to today. In addition, through providing insights from managers in the information technology industry, this paper aims at providing a glimpse from the future – that is – what may be the future directions and research issues in this complex phenomenon?     

邓小平关于行政监督的思想

无论是在革命战争年代 ,还是在社会主义建设时期 ,邓小平都非常重视行政监督问题 ,并提出了许多宝贵的思想。这些思想对于建设有中国特色的行政监督体制、提高行政管理水平和效率、树立人民政府的良好形象具有十分重要的意义。     

具有跟踪性可扩流的基本集的性质

研究了具有跟踪性可扩流的谱分解中基本集的稳定集和不稳定集的性质     

宁波服装企业在对外宣传中的翻译问题探讨

文章以具有代表性的地区产业——服装产业为调查对象,分析了在对外宣传文本中常见的问题,并从语言文化层面探讨企业对外宣传文本的翻译方法和翻译原则。     

毛泽东反对迷信的思想

毛泽东在领导中国革命和建设的过程中 ,为了提高广大人民的思想觉悟 ,提出了一系列反对迷信的方针、政策 ,为我们今天同迷信作斗争 ,在新世纪创造一种科学与文明的生活留下了极其宝贵的历史经验。     

我国农业企业“走出去”的思考

分析了我国农业企业“走出去”的必要性和可能性。就农业企业“走出去”的障碍 ,提出了我国农业企业因地制宜进入国际市场 ,参与国际竞争的对策和方式     

An analysis of internationalisation and intercultural outlook in Swedish teacher education

Foucault's discourse concept provides an instrument for the critical examination of internationalisation and, respectively, inter‐cultural education in Swedish teacher education. Three different discourses concerning internationalisation are treated in the article: solidarity with developing countries, immigrant knowledge, and integration within the EU. Attention is focused on the analysis of intercultural teaching upon those visions that governed implementation of the concept in teacher education, and on reality as it appears in evaluations of teacher education. The question is whether a dilemma exists for teacher education in realising the goals of intercultural education, or whether these goals merely act as teacher education's false banners? The article concludes with perspectives on the future of the development from immigrant knowledge to intercultural learning.