Evolution of Offshore Software Outsourcing in East Asian Countries: From Cost to Relation
نویسندگان
چکیده
This paper aims to show the evolution of offshore outsourcing from a different viewpoint. In particular, it will be focusing on the offshore outsourcing in East Asian countries, especially in China, Vietnam and Japan. In spite of relatively short period of offshoring experiences, East Asian countries, however, are undergoing the shift in formulating and implementing offshore software outsourcing strategies. Most researches concerning offshoring are based on ‘cost proposition’, focusing on cost as a driving force of the offshoring. Offshoring strategy being dubbed as ‘relation proposition’ appears in East Asian countries. Rather than pursuing short-term profits from cheap labor cost, some East Asian countries’ offshoring look for long-term and strategic relationship through continuing development and cooperation among them.
منابع مشابه
How Far Behind Are the South Asian Countries in Relation to East Asian
We define as South Asian countries those countries that start with Iran and end with Bangladesh in Asia. Wethen use export statistics in terms of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) for 14 industrial sectors tomeasure distances of export capabilities for these countries in relation to the âWesternâ developed and EastAsian countries. Statistical methods such as multidimensional scaling and ...
متن کاملA comparative analysis of IT outsourcing readiness in the East African community
Developing countries are increasingly relying on Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) for their socio-economic development. Many countries have achieved faster gross domestic product (GDP) growth through information technology (IT) outsourcing, which is now largely recognized as a strategic management practice that can provide a competitive advantage in business. The East African Com...
متن کاملExploring the Contribution of Problems in Team-Level Functionality to the Failure of Offshore-Outsourced Software Projects
Offshore outsourcing has been growing steadily since the 1990s, and this trend of sourcing services from low-cost countries such as India and China will continue in the near future. Despite the inherent challenges of offshore-outsourced software development (OOSD) projects, organizations in high-cost countries engage in OOSD projects because of compelling cost differences. We investigated the t...
متن کاملOffshore outsourcing of customer relationship management: conceptual model and propositions
Customer relationship management (CRM) refers to a firm’s activities for establishing and maintaining relationships with its customers. Outsourcing refers to a firm’s contracting with another firm to perform activities that were erstwhile performed within the firm. The emergence of a low cost, high speed, global communication network and information processing network has enabled an increasing ...
متن کاملEvolution of the Asia-Pacific Trade Architecture: Stocktake and Future Outlook
APEC Study Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand    Abstract:  One of the key sets of questions underlying Asia Pacific economic cooperation over the last decade has been over the nature and form of the regional trade architecture that would gradually emerge from the turmoil of the Asia-Pacific ânoodle bowlâ of bilateral and plurilateral FTAs, and how that architecture...
متن کامل