MIT PROFIT: Outsourcing Research Endeavor: Links

 

Research on PROFESSIONAL OUTSOURCING
at MIT Sloan School of Management:
Analysis of Strategic, Economic, Technical, and Organizational Aspects

Lester C. Thurow
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics
(curriculum vitae and publications)

Amar Gupta
Co-Director, Productivity from Information Technology (PROFIT) Initiative
(curriculum vitae and publications)

Teaching Assistants: Satwik Seshasai, Amit Jaisingh, Joe Heitzeberg, and Anita Khosla

Objective

The objective of the course is to make students aware of Economical, Technological, Managerial and Organizational aspects associated with offshoring of knowledge-based professional services. The course will achieve this through case discussions of different delivery models (captive center, joint venture, 3rd party), value addition models (low-end, mid-range, high-end), and the impact of business and policy environments to each of these models.

Class Requirementss

  • Approval of Prof. Gupta for admission to the course
  • Attendance in all 6 class sessions: Feb. 25, Mar. 10, Apr. 10/14/28, May 12 in E51-315
  • Minimum one case writeup/presentation
  • Final paper - 20-25 pages

    Tentative Course Structure

    Please note: Course structure/speakers subject to change

    Feb. 25: Overview
  • Big picture of offshoring delivery models and value addition models.
  • How to think about offshoring decision?
  • Bob Suh, Managing Partner, Global Technology, Accenture
  • V. Srinivasan (CEO, InfoTech) and S. Khalsa (VP Sales, OneSource), ICICI
  • Dr. S. Saini, Directory of Radiology, MassGeneral Hospital

    Mar. 10: Theoretical models for offshoring
  • SD Shibulal, Head of Worldwide Customer Delivery, Co-founder, Infosys
  • Prof. Lester Thurow on the economics of outsourcing
  • Prof. Amar Gupta on the technical issues of outsourcing

    Apr. 10: Political and Legislative Issues
  • Hon. Robert Reich, former US Secretary of Labor
  • Raj Malhotra, CEO of Spryance, providing outsourcing from home-based workforce in India
  • John Ellis, President, Optics for Hire - outsourcing to Russia
  • Stephen Baxter, Senior Vice President, ERG - outsourcing to China

    Apr. 14: Economic and Strategic Issues

  • John McCarthy, Group - Governance Issues In Outsourcing
  • John Plansky, Chief Executive, Security Practice, Wipro
  • Renee Fry, Chief of Staff for Economic Development, Governer Mitt Romney's Office - Position of Massachusetts on Outsourcing
  • Gio Widerhold, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University - Unnoticed Exports of IP through IP and Tax Implications

    Apr. 21: Future Perspectives
  • Marv Adams, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Ford Motor Company
  • Joe Saliba, President, US and Asia Pacific, CGI
  • Tim Costello , Coordinator of the North American Alliance for Fair Employment

    Further Information

  • Details on the course topic can be found at: http://web.mit.edu/outsourcing
  • Please contact any of the following individuals: Satwik Seshasai, Joe Heitzeberg, Anita Khosla,

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