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Information Technology Outsourcing: Conceptualizing Practice in the Public and Private Sector

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HICSS '99: Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7

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This paper employs four conceptual frameworks to assess IT outsourcing arrangements, i.e. core competencies, agency theory, transaction cost economics and partnerships. The frameworks are related to an empirical comparison of the public and private sectors within the United Kingdom, utilizing data from thirteen interviews conducted with IT managers from both sectors. The study suggest that each theoretical approach has its own relative merits in helping organizations to understand strategic practice, particularly in consideration of aspects not usually addressed in outsourcing studies. Conclusions are drawn as to determine the wider benefits of the frameworks' towards more successful IT outsourcing decision making.

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Information Technology Outsourcing: Conceptualizing Practice in the Public and Private Sector
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing

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HICSS '99: Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7

January 1999

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Vilvovsky SFedorowicz JChun SMoses JLuna-Reyes L(2010)IT outsourcing in interagency collaborationsProceedings of the 11th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference on Public Administration Online: Challenges and Opportunities10.5555/1809874.1809922(235-236)Online publication date: 17-May-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1809874.1809922
Taylor PGreer DSage PColeman GMcDaid KKeenan FKruchten PMoitra DStrigel WEbert C(2006)Do agile GSD experience reports help the practitioner?Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Global software development for the practitioner10.1145/1138506.1138526(87-93)Online publication date: 23-May-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1138506.1138526
Goles TChin W(2005)Information systems outsourcing relationship factorsACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems10.1145/1104004.110400936:4(47-67)Online publication date: 7-Oct-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1104004.1104009
Dibbern JGoles THirschheim RJayatilaka B(2004)Information systems outsourcingACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems10.1145/1035233.103523635:4(6-102)Online publication date: 15-Nov-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1035233.1035236

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