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Strategic Outsourcing

An International Journal

ISSN: 1753-8297

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Unique attributes

As well as publishing peer-reviewed academic and practice-based research papers, Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal includes several novel features. The Industry Viewpoint section invites industrial practitioners from around the world to present their point of view on a relevant subject area. The Research Updates section invites researchers world-wide to present their research projects. Letters to the Editor are encouraged and contribute to contemporary debates on all aspects of outsourcing.

Editorial criteria

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal aims to foster and lead the international debate on global sourcing and outsourcing. It provides a central, authoritative and independent forum for the critical evaluation and dissemination of research and development, applications, processes and current practices relating to the design, implementation and undertaking of strategic outsourcing. Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal is the only scientific journal to provide a holistic and global perspective on outsourcing, regardless what sector or industry of application.
 
Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal places a strong emphasis on applied research with relevant implications for both knowledge and practice. Also, the journal aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and opinions on research projects and issues. As such, on top of a standard section publishing scientific articles, there will be two additional sections:

• "The Industry ViewPoint": in this section, industrial practitioners from around the world will be invited (max 2 contributions per issue) to present their point of view on a relevant subject area. This is intended to give the journal not just an academic focus, but a practical focus as well. In this way, we intend to reflect a trend that has characterised the past few decades, where interests and initiatives in research, academia and industry have been more and more converging to the point of collaborative relationships being a common practice.
• "Research Updates - Executive Summaries". In this section, researchers around the world will be given the opportunity to present their research projects in the area of global sourcing and outsourcing by means of an executive summary of their project. This will increase awareness of the on-going research projects in the area and it will attract interest from industry.

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal will become the leading information resource in its field for researchers, industry decision makers, and public sector decision and policy makers, hence becoming the journal of choice for outsourcing industry specialists and researchers.

Editorial objectives

The editorial objectives of Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal are to facilitate the development of the outsourcing science and industry on the base of sound scientific knowledge. To achieve its objectives, Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal aims to:

• Facilitate interaction between industry and academia & research, enabling outsourcing experts from both research and industry around the world to communicate and share information
• Provide authoritative and accessible information about business- process- and operations- models, management techniques and implementation issues typical of strategic outsourcing projects
• Promote best practices in the several applications of outsourcing
• Inform industry decisions with coverage of the relevant issues that are of direct benefit to those working in the field becoming the key information source for companies seeking to enhance performance, reduce risk and costs, and improve stakeholder satisfaction
• Inform research with coverage of up to date industry trends, key challenges experienced, key solutions tested, measured benefits, etc.
• Provide up-to-date global research and news on the latest advances in the outsourcing field
• Provide a global perspective in the extremely dynamic and continuously changing outsourcing area
• Enable the definition and continuous update of a relevant research agenda in the field of outsourcing.

Values

The journal aims to publish academic papers with international scope that provide practical guidance and information for researchers and practitioners, and provide cutting-edge research and experience that reports on development activities in the field worldwide.

Preference will be given to articles based on solid academic or industrial research with strong relevance to practical application. Contributors are encouraged to report on current research, clarifying the practical implications of their work in order to broaden understanding and provide a platform for further research and development.

The following types of contribution will also be accepted (and may be published in the main or the special sections of the journal): company profiles, industry and research updates, short communication, letters to the Editor, reports on conferences and short courses; book reviews

Coverage

Coverage is essentially of a practical nature and designed to be of direct benefit to those working in the field, regardless their industry (manufacturing or service) or their sector (public or private) or their function/process responsibility It includes all activities that relate to the definition, design, implementation, and management of a strategic outsourcing initiative and the change and impact that this has on people, processes, methods and tools:

• Best Practices
• Enhancement of existing processes
• New business / process / operations models
• Process design
• Service design
• Business Process Reengineering
• Localisation issues
• Supplier / partner selection
• Benefits and Financial Results
• Performance Management and Benchmarking
• International Management
• Service Level Agreements
• Contract negotiation
• Legal implication, including statutory regulations
• Management implications
• IT systems
• Risk management
• Modelling (of systems and processes)
• Scenario simulation and analysis
• Collaboration and supply chain management
• Economic and social systems
• Knowledge-based systems
• Multi cultural team management
• Interrelations between outsourcing and other sciences
• Emerging market
• New developments in academic and industrial research
• Industry update, conference news, dates and events

Key Journal Audiences

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal will feature research, applied research, case studies and news items that reflect the most interesting and strategically important research and development activities from around the world.
 
Key audiences include:

• Academics and researchers
• CEO, CFO, COO, of small, medium and large corporations
• Outsourcing practitioners
• Sourcing decision makers
• Operations managers
• Production engineers
• Policy makers
• Consultants
• Solicitors

Becoming a reviewer for SOIJ

To apply as a reviewer, please ensure you are first registered on Scholar One Manuscripts as an author. Then, complete the reviewer application form available on Scholar One and email to the editor at m.busi@carismarct.com

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