Information technology outsourcing / Suzanne Rivard, Benoit A. Aubert, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rivard, Suzanne.

Aubert, Benoit A.

Series:

Advances in management information systems ; v. 8.

Advances in management information systems, 1554-6152 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Contracting out.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new volume in the dvances in Management Information Systems series presents assessments of past and current research in Information Technology Outsourcing, new and emerging trends in the field, and research methods that will generate new directions for the future.

Contents:

Information Technology Outsourcing; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: An Introduction; Part I. Taking Stock of IT Outsourcing Research; Part II. The Sourcing Decision; Part III. Managing the Outsourcing Relationship; Part IV. Holistic View of IT Outsourcing; CONCLUSION; PART I. TAKING STOCK OF IT OUTSOURCING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH; CHAPTER 2. POPULATION-LEVEL LEARNING AND THE EVOLUTION OF IT OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIC PROFILES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING

CHAPTER 4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING: QUESTIONS OF LANGUAGEPART II. THE SOURCING DECISION; CHAPTER 5. A METHODOLOGY FOR IT SOURCING DECISIONS; CHAPTER 6. INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL ANTECEDENTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOURCING ARRANGEMENTS; CHAPTER 7. FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOCATION OF IT BUDGET TO OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 8. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING RISK; CHAPTER 9. INVESTIGATING TRUST IN OUTSOURCING: A Study in the Health Care Industry; PART III. MANAGING THE OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP; CHAPTER 10. MANAGING THE IS OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIP

CHAPTER 11. VENDOR COMMITMENT IN AN ASP OUTSOURCING CONTEXTCHAPTER 12. GOVERNANCE OF COMPLEX IT OUTSOURCING PARTNERSHIPS; CHAPTER 13. COORDINATION OF COMPLEX INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; PART IV. HOLISTIC VIEW OF IT OUTSOURCING; CHAPTER 14. MANAGEMENT OF OUTSOURCED IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; CHAPTER 15. CONTRACTING IN IT OUTSOURCING: Hierarchical and Psychological Contractual Elements as Key Managerial Governance Mechanisms; CHAPTER 16. THE OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING LANDSCAPE: Historical Development and Challenges for the IS Discipline; EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR; INDEX

Notes:

First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-46792-2

1-317-46793-0

1-315-70346-7

1-282-11941-9

9786612119415

0-7656-2370-6

9781315703466

OCLC:

448663851