Leslie P. Willcocks, Willcocks, Mary C. Lacity

Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems

Perspectives and Practices
Mitwirkender: Lacity, Mary C.; Willcocks, Leslie P.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For organizations facing the decision whether to outsource or insource their Information Systems Technology support, this book is the one-stop problem-solver. It separates the myth from the reality of outsourcing and examines several case studies of companies which have chosen to outsource, insource, selective source, or employ trading agents.

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This book provides a forum of current thinking by prominent scholars and practitioners from around the globe. Edited and with a lengthy introduction by two internationally recognised experts in this field, the book s coverage includes: Selective Outsourcing, Total Outsourcing, Total Insourcing, IT department as a trading agency, Offshore Development. Theoretical perspectives allow critical variables to be extracted in order to explain successful or unsuccessful decisions, while decision frameworks and case studies provide guidelines on which sourcing options to select, and how to manage outsourcing arrangements.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Series in Information Systems
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9780471977872
• ISBN-10: 047197787X
• Artikelnr.: 21997876

Inhaltsangabe

The Sourcing and Outsourcing of IS: Shock of the New? (L. Willcocks & M.
Lacity). PERSPECTIVES. The Outsourcing of Information Services:
Transforming the Nature of Business in the Information Industry (T. Clark,
et al.). Towards a Theoretically-Based Contingency Model of Information
Systems Outsourcing (V. Grover, et al.). Can Game Theory Help Us To
Understand Information Service Outsourcing Contracts? (R. Elitzur & A.
Wensley). The External Acquisition of Information Systems Knowledge (H.
Scarbrough). A Framework for IS Outsourcing Strategy in Private and Public
Sector Contexts (J. Cronk & J. Sharp). A Risk-Return Model for Information
Technology Outsourcing Decisions (J. Jurison). PRACTICES. Financial and
Strategic Motivations Behind IS Outsourcing (K. McLellan, et al.).
Information Systems Outsourcing: Theories, Case Evidence and a Decision
Framework (L. de Looff). Outsourcing Practices and Views of America's Most
Effective IS Users (M. Sobol & U. Apte). The Management of Partnership
Development in IS Outsourcing (R. Klepper). Setting Up Outsourced
Information Technology Service Companies (T. Reponen). Failure in Software
Outsourcing: A Case Analysis (S. Ang & S. Toh). Problems and Issues in
Offshore Development of Software (T. Rajkumar & D. Dawley). Index.