Just as many business activities are being outsourced in today's economy, so a number of companies are beginning to "netsource" computer applications dealing with operations such as accounting and human resources. This guide presents information to business managers on how to successfully decide what applications to outsource and how to evaluate the risks and the benefits. Significant material is presented on case-studies in the United States and Europe. Two of the authors have benefited financially from Price-Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen and the third works for Kern AG, (all companies with an interest in the growth of netsourcing). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Netsourcing: Renting Business Applications and Services Over a Network

Lacity, Mary

Willcocks, Leslie

Willcocks, Leslie P.

Kern, Thomas

Lacity, Mary Cecelia

Business & Money

Pearson P T R

The post-contract relationship in IT outsourcing often determines the success or failure of an outsourcing venture. Using five longitudinal case studies, the authors address the various factors involved in outsourcing relationships and present pointers to assist managers and practitioners achieve the 'relationship advantage' in outsourcing.

The Relationship Advantage: Information Technologies, Sourcing, and Management

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

The year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary year of Roberto Clemente’s final year in major-league baseball. “¡Arriba!”: The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente celebrates his life and his baseball career. 
The first universally acknowledged Latino inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Clemente played every one of his 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He became the 11th player to reach the 3,000-hit milestone, finishing his final season by hitting number 3000 on the season’s last day. Named to 15 All-Star Game squads, Clemente also won 12 Gold Gloves, four batting titles, and was the National League’s Most Valuable Player in 1966. He was twice a World Series champion, winning with the Pirates in both 1960 and 1971. 
But off the baseball diamond, Clemente was known for his charitable work. He lost his life on the final day of 1972 while working to provide relief for victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He was aboard a plane loaded with relief supplies—the fourth such plane he had helped to stock—and had decided to accompany the flight personally to ensure the supplies were reaching those in need of aid and not merely falling into the hands of profiteers. The plane crashed immediately after takeoff from Puerto Rico, a tragic loss for baseball and the world. 
This book is the collaborative work of 41 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Examining Clemente’s baseball career, the book includes recaps of many of Clemente’s greatest games, as well as chapters on his relationship with the press, his connections to Nicaragua and players such as Monte Irvin, and his continuing effects on players from Latin America as a role model today.

¡Arriba!: The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente (SABR All Stars)

Biographies & Memoirs

Nowlin, Bill

Van Hyning, Thomas E.

Elias, Robert

Oliver, Tony S.

Rodríguez, Juan José

Historical

Society for American Baseball Research

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