Benefits of Outsourcing Strategy and IT Technology in Clinical Trials

Benefits of Outsourcing Strategy and IT Technology in Clinical Trials

Introduction Aim of this paper is to describe some of models of outsourcing (numerous and response to different types of risks and increment of quality is based on individual problem and situation). Defining whether to outsource or not and whether to build or buy new information technology (IT) is question for contract research organization (CRO) and Pharma companies dealing with clinical trial...

The Productivity Benefits of IT Outsourcing

We examine the productivity benefits of IT outsourcing in the credit union industry, using data on the population of U.S. credit unions from 1992-2005. Within-credit union switching from internal IT to outsourced IT reduces operating costs by roughly 30%, once we control for the endogeneity of switches. Less productive firms are more likely to outsource in the crosssection, and more likely to e...

The Long - Tail Strategy for IT Outsourcing

Information Technology Outsourcing in Mexico: Adoption Practices and Benefits

This article reports the second stage of exploratory study regarding the adoption of information technology outsourcing (ITO) by Mexican companies. The article aims to answer the following questions: What are the managerial practices of ITO used by Mexican companies? And what is the impact of those practices on the results and benefits of ITO? Based on a survey of 152 companies, the study repor...

Effective information technology (IT) governance mechanisms: An IT outsourcing perspective

Effective IT governance will ensure alignment between IT and business goals. Organizations with ineffective IT governance will suffer due to poor performance of IT resources such as inaccurate information quality, inefficient operating costs, runaway IT project and even the demise of its IT department. This study seeks to examine empirically the individual IT governance mechanisms that influenc...