A Research Monograph of the Printing Industry Center at RIT

Purpose In this paper we look at how U.S. printers perceive offshoring trends in the printing industry, and explore how they are responding to its opportunities and challenges. Methodology/ Approach We relied on data collection comprising of three stages, exploratory interviews, an industry...

[Extract] Clearly, obtaining a return on investment from long-term assignments is important. First, cost-reduction is one of the reasons MNCs use alternatives to xpatriation, including virtual team assignments and tele-working, short-term assignments, business trips, cross-border commuting,...

Small enterprises are often portrayed as static businesses with little sophistication and consistency in their human resource management practices. However, small enterprises can be characterized on a number of dimensions including complexity, sophistication, market position, value, industry,...