Software outsourcing partnership (SOP) is a trustful relationship between client and vendor organisations for shared goals. A SOP is different than ordinary software development outsourcing relationship. Usually a successful outsourcing relationship may lead to SOP. Software companies currently use a wide variety of mechanisms to outsource software development work. Besides all, SOP is an emerg...

Conventional IS outsourcing does not always meet expectations, often because the company lacks control over the outsourced activity. Quasi-outsourcing collaboration, where the company transfers its IS personnel to a subsidiary, allows the company to maintain more control over the relationship than in conventional outsourcing. In this qualitative case study of two Finnish companies, differences ...

To date, most research on information technology (IT) outsourcing concludes that firms decide to outsource IT services because they believe that outside vendors possess production cost advantages. Yet it is not clear whether vendors can provide production cost advantages, particularly to large firms who may be able to replicate vendors' production cost advantages in-house. Mixed out-sourcing su...

Business value from outsourcing is increasingly dependent on how well the relationship between the client and its service provider(s) is managed. This paper analyses the factors that affect outsourcing success in terms of project success, knowledge transfer and sustainability. Data were collected from six businesses in Pakistan representing three outsourcing relationship cases. The findings ind...

This paper studies economic determinants of IS outsourcing. It argues that a focus on comparative economic theories and models can improve our ability to explain outsourcing within the larger context of organizational strategy and environment. Specifically, the research constructs of production cost, transaction cost, and financial slack are examined simultaneously to understand what inf luence...

What is the role of information technology (IT) in enabling the outsourcing of manufacturing plant production processes? Do plant strategies influence production outsourcing? Does production process outsourcing influence plant performance? This research addresses these questions by investigating the role of IT and plant strategies as antecedents of production outsourcing, and evaluating the imp...