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North Texas Domestic Partner Benefits Policies, James Wanek, Gundars Kaupins, Malcolm Coco
North Texas Domestic Partner Benefits Policies, James Wanek, Gundars Kaupins, Malcolm Coco
Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
A challenge facing managers and human resource professionals is determining whether to expand benefits, especially health insurance, beyond employees to other eligible dependents. Immediate family members such as the spouse and/or dependent children of employees are commonly eligible for company sponsored benefits. Among larger companies, unmarried same-sex or opposite-sex domestic partners are more frequently being included as eligible for coverage under employee benefit plans.
Offshoring At Acesco Medical Devices, John C. Mcintosh
Offshoring At Acesco Medical Devices, John C. Mcintosh
Management Faculty Publications and Presentations
The medical device industry is highly profitable and projected to experience double digit growth well into the future. The five top performing American medical device companies offshore some core and non-core value chain activities to realize lower production costs, higher innovation, and faster time to market. This case examines the offshoring decision of Acesco Medical Devices-a medium-size company that produces neurology, orthopedics, and cardiovascular products. It considers the tradeoffs between corporate social responsibility, as it pertains to workforce reductions in the United Sates, and the substantial strategic benefits of offshoring to India.