Due to the ever changing Information Technology (IT) and the subsequent complexity of know-how management, many organizations may want to delegate IT works to third parties. However, in the practice this poses many risks that can threat the success a company may expect from IT Outsourcing. This paper identifies a number of risks associated to this kind of services and proposes a mitigation stra...

Information always comes with security and risk problems. There is the saying that, “The tall tree catches much wind,” and the risks from cloud services will absolutely be more varied and more severe. Nowadays, handling these risks is no longer just a technology problem. So far, a good deal of literature that focuses on risk or security management and frameworks in information systems has alrea...

the supply chain represents the critical link between the development of new product and the market in pharmaceutical industry. over the years, improvements made in supply chain operations have focused largely on ways to reduce cost and gain efficiencies in scale. in addition, powerful regulatory and market forces have provided new incentives for pharmaceutical firms to basically rethink the wa...