Meet the editor

Mário Franco is an associate professor of Entrepreneurship and SME Administration at the Department of Management and Economics, Beira Interior University, Portugal. He received his Ph.D. in Management from Beira Interior University in 2002. In 1997, he was a doctoral candidate and participated in the European Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in Spain and Sweden. He was a direc-

tor of the Second Cycle (Master) Studies of Management. His research focuses on strategic alliances, business networks, innovation, and business creation. He is also a member of the Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics of the University of Beira Interior (CEFAGE-UBI) Research Unit and is currently involved in several research projects on SMEs. He has authored several articles published in journals such as *Long Range Planning*, *R&D Management*, *International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal*, and *Management Decision*, among others, and a variety of books and book chapters published by international publishers.

Contents

Mining Industry

and Governance

*by Dimitrios J. Dimitriou*

An Empirical Investigation

*by Marco António Mexia Arraya*

*and Marcia Mkansi*

Coronavirus on Global Supply Chain

*by Rosa Capolupo and Vito Amendolagine*

Onshore? Offshore? How about Firm Coherency?

and Risks

Outsourcing: Overview and Trends

*by Yingying Pang, Shishu Zhang and Albert Xin Jiang*

*by Mário Franco, Margarida Rodrigues and Rui Silva*

Outsourcing: State-of-the-Art in India and an Insight to Coal

*by Mousumi Modak, Khanindra Pathak and Kunal Kanti Ghosh*

The Viability of Outsourcing in Organisational Performance: Benefits

The Evolution in Transport Operator's Corporate Structure: Ownership

Entry-Mode Selection and Firm's Productivity across Market Destinations:

Offshoring-Outsourcing and Onshoring Tradeoffs: The Impact of

*by George William Kajjumba, Oluka Pross Nagitta, Faisal A. Osra* 

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 23**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 87**

**Chapter 7 103**
