Outsourcing has become one of the strategies adopted by businesses to manage their IS.
During the last few years, the use of outsourcing has resulted in an increase in the volume of …

Purpose–This paper aims to offer the results of a survey about information systems (IS)
outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach–The methodology is a questionnaire survey of …

In recent years a large number of studies have appeared on information systems
(IS)/information technology (IT) outsourcing related issues but scattered in a number of …

In the last fifteen years, academic research on information systems (IS) outsourcing has
evolved rapidly. Indeed the field of outsourcing research has grown so fast that there has …

Purpose–Outsourcing is currently going through a stage of unstoppable growth. The
purpose of this paper is to make a proposal about the main reasons, which may lead firms to …

With increasing cost-reduction pressures, outsourcing of information systems (IS) functions
has emerged as an important option for managers in companies around the world. In this …

This paper reports on research into information systems (IS) outsourcing decisions and their
consequences. A descriptional framework was used to describe systematically different …

In recent years, information systems (IS) outsourcing is increasing in business organizations
as a way to govern their IS operations. Burgeoning IS costs, lack of IS organization's …

During the 1980s, American Airlines, American Hospi-tal Supply (now Baxter), Merrill Lynch,
and McKesson provided the exemplars for the management of infor-mation technology (IT) …

From the Book: Organizations are increasingly considering outsourcing part or all of their
information systems activities to external suppliers. Some client organizations have very …