Motivation for Writing the Paper Risk Effect on Offshore Systems Development Project Cost

We have consistently maintained that companies undertaking offshore systems development are exposed to additional risks that are not present in domestic environments, such asweaker security protections and regulations, potentially limited protections provided by foreign governments, and other, more general risks. It is tautology that any risk is accompanied by an associated cost, and we maintain that such costs are frequently overlooked when organizations consider the true costs of offshoring a development project. While our context has been U.S.-based organizations as the “domestic” environment, it is more than reasonable to assume that our conclusions could apply with little variation to other scenarios involving E.U. nations, etc.