While organisations recognise the advantages offered by global software development,
many socio-technical barriers affect successful collaboration in this inter-cultural …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review recent trends and issues in global IT
sourcing and to introduce papers in the special issue:“Social, managerial and knowledge …

Abstract IT Service Management (ITSM) is transforming the management of the IT function
on a global scale with major changes in work practices. The intent of this study is to …

CONTEXT: Global Software Engineering (GSE) continues to experience substantial growth
and is fundamentally different to collocated development. As a result, software managers …

Purpose–The creation of offshore units allows companies to invest in countries that offer tax
incentives, and provides global presence. Nevertheless, knowledge sharing in global teams …

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 …

The offshoring of external audit work to so-called low-cost countries is prevalent among the
Big 4 professional services firms. Despite this, our understanding of how this form of …

How can African Countries Advance their Outsourcing Industries: An overview of possible
approaches Page 1 The African Journal of Information Systems Volume 5 Issue 1 Article 2 …

Although initially designed for co-located teams, agile methodologies promise mitigation to
the challenges present in distributed software development with their demand for frequent …

Purpose–Increasingly, sourcing decisions are routinely including contract manufacturers
and suppliers in developing countries. While many studies have researched and identified …