today, information technology outsourcing (ito) has developed and caused organizations to become more flexible and dynamic than they were before. the ever-increasing development of ict is one of the main reasons for the promotion of outsourcing. that is due to the fact that many organizations are not able to adapt their hardware and software in accordance with the fast-paced technology developm...

Outsourcing of research and development (R&D) activities has become a major management issue for R&D and technical managers within firms. It has also been of growing concern to academics who are trying to chart the implications of the increasingly distributed nature of research and innovative activities in advanced economies. This study is based on a survey of research-based pharmaceutical comp...

The purpose of this study is to acquire knowledge that will help clarify outsourcing trends in general and an information systems utilization perspective in particular. The authors review recent studies on outsourcing and conduct a nationwide survey. The results of the survey reveal that 60 percent of the respondents are focusing on their supply chain for cost reduction and/or competitive advan...

Outsourcing has become a common strategy in the information system/information technology (IS/IT) field in recent years. Many organizations attempt to enhance their competitiveness, reduce costs, increase their focus on internal resources and core activities, and sustain competitive advantage by IS/ IT outsourcing. Selection of appropriate outsourcing partners is an extremely important goal for...

Outsourcing has become a widely accepted option in strategic management which, as every business venture, bears chances and risks. Supplementing the popular area of research on the merits of outsourcing, this paper examines how stockholders rate the corporate sourcing decision with regard to the perceived risk they associate with this transaction. Using event study methodology and multivariate ...

Service outsourcing is the business paradigm in which an organization has part of its business process performed by a service provider. In dynamic markets, service providers can be selected on the fly during process enactment. The cooperation between the parties is specified in a dynamically made electronic contract. This contract includes a process specification that is tailored towards servic...

Service outsourcing is the business paradigm, in which an organization has part of its business process performed by a service provider. In dynamic markets, service providers can be selected on the fly during process enactment. The cooperation between the parties is specified in a dynamically made electronic contract. This contract includes a process specification that is tailored towards servi...