Utilizing a global IT sourcing strategy bears enormous growth potential. With the main focus on cost reduction in valuation of sourcing alternatives, risk and risk diversification effects are often inadequately considered or completely neglected. This systematically results in wrong decisions about global sourcing. Correct decisions are in particular important for the success of IT services pro...

This paper investigates the impacts of both the demand uncertainty and the supply disruption probability on the decisions of two sourcing strategies: one is dual sourcing and the other is single sourcing with contingent supply. The expected profit functions and the optimal decisions of the buyer are derived and compared. Then sensitivity analysis is given through numerical examples. Explicit in...

With the persistent shift towards multi-sourcing, the complexity of service delivery is continuously increasing. This presents new challenges for clients who now have to integrate interdependent services from multiple providers. As other functions, service integration is subject to make-or-buy decisions: clients can either build the required capabilities themselves or delegate service integrati...

Multi-sourcing as a strategy for IT outsourcing (ITO) is becoming more important. Although already identified in the early days of outsourcing, companies selected multiple providers for their IT services. The explicit management of these relations was left implicit both in practise and in research. Multi-sourcing has mostly been addressed as a competitive strategy, until now little attention ha...

The sourcing process of multiple goods or services usually involves complex negotiation (via telephone, fax, etc) that includes discussion of product features as well as quality, service and availability issues. Currently, this is a high-cost process due to the scarce use of tools that streamline this communication and assist purchasing managers’ decisionmaking. With the advent of internet-base...

Single-Sourcing Versus Multisourcing: An Empirical Analysis of Large Information Technology Outsourcing Arrangements Policy Abstract As the information technology (IT) services landscape matures, clients are increasingly adopting multisourcing arrangements that involve multiple vendors. Although a large body IS literature addresses issues whether to outsource (to single vendor), what types cont...

translating and translation are transformed with information and communication technology (ict). within three decades, a new work environment is shaking up the translator’s world. new types of translators are emerging. the balance between supply and demand is changing. however, we need adequate tools and methods to investigate the new hierarchy which has become established between translators, ...

This paper conducts a two-period dynamic analysis of sourcing mode choices for e-commerce projects implemented by large firms during 1999–2002. We 48 KISHORE, AGRAWAL, AND RAO differentiate e-commerce assets that are the focus of a sourcing decision in terms of whether they are in the growth or maturity stages. We also consider hybrid governance mechanisms, such as minority equity arrangements,...

The paper explores the meaning of flexibility in the context of lean, agile and leagile supply networks and articulates a supply network flexibility framework. Two key ‘sources’ of flexibility are investigated: Vendor Flexibility and Sourcing Flexibility. The paper introduces an extension of the ‘leagility’ concept beyond the simple material flow decoupling point concept. Two new types of Leagi...

Firms continuously search for external knowledge that can contribute to product innovation, which may ultimately increase market performance. The relationship between external knowledge sourcing and market performance is not well-documented. The extant literature primarily examines the causal relationship between external knowledge sources and product innovation performance or to identify facto...