The 3rd Nordic Outsourcing Workshop NOW2008
NOW2008, the 3rd annual Nordic Outsourcing Workshop was held in Inverness, Scotland, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of May, 2008 (download the call for papers). Read the testimonials left by the attendees. The aim of the event was to provide a forum for people currently involved in outsourcing and offshoring related research.
The workshop was a great success, with 12 Universities represented from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, UK, and Italy:
Prof. Bob Cormack, Principal of UHI Millennium Institute gave the opening speech, describing the development plans for the University of the Highlands and Islands. Steve Chisholm, director of Carisma RCT and CEO of Alchemy Plus, followed with a presentation about the Future of IT Outsourcing. 15 papers were presented in total, covering a range of outsourcing-related topics: from decision making to knowledge transfer, software development to the role of ICT in outsourcing, back-office outsourcing, etc. Read the full workshop programme.
The Best Paper award for papers discussing IT applications in outsourcing, was presented by Alchemy Plus Ltd. to Zoran Perunovic, Mads Christoffersen, and Jorgen Lindgard Pedersen, from the Danish Technical University, for their paper "Application of Information Technology in Outsourcing; a Vendor's Perspective".
The Best Overall Paper award presented by Strategic Outsourcing, an International Journal to Michael W. Hansen, Bent Petersen and Peter Wad, from Copenhagen Business School, for their article "Change of subsidiary mandates in emerging markets - The case of Danish MNC's in South India"
Runner up for the Best Overall Paper was Xiaohong Li and Ian Barnes, from Sheffield Hallam University, for their article: "Proactive supply risk management methods for building a robust supply chain selection process when sourcing in emerging markets"
Testimonials
"I was impressed that the event brought together a collection of world class researchers to Inverness. I believe this is a great contribution to bringing together public sector, private sector and academia, through the triple-helix model. This is an important building block for the development of the Highlands and Islands innovation system"
Laura Dingwall, Senior Development Manager, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (UK)
"High level of focused discussion and constructive feedback"
Dr. Peter Ball, Cranfield University (UK)
"Thanks a lot for your hospitality and the NOW2008 arrangement. It was very informative and generated a lot of critical reflections too"
Prof. Peter Wad, Copenhagen Business School (DK)
"Thanks for a wonderful workshop. I got useful feedback on my work and had really profitable discussion",
Erik Skov Madsen, Aalborg University (DK)
"Thanks very much for organising such a good workshop - very focussed and everyone was engaged"
Dr. Xiaohong Li, Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
"The workshop gave me several ideas on how to improve my work, and some very interesting discussions and insights regarding the present status of outsourcing research. An arrangement I would much appreciate to return to also next year"
Anna Fredriksson, Chalmers University of Technology (SK)
"Thanks for a great job with organising NOW in Scotland. Everything was great"
Dmitrij Slepinov, Aalborg University (DK)
"The Nordic Outsourcing Workshop is the perfect place to try your ideas and to find constructive feedback from experts"
Anna Maria Polisio, University of Twente (NL)
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