Title:
Information
Technology Offshore Outsourcing Research: A
Theoretical Foundation and Practical Implications
Abstract: Offshore
information technology outsourcing is an important
and emerging topic within the information systems research. Firms are
more and
more attracted to this new business arrangement and few empirical
results exist
in the IS research literature. There is a need for integrating prior
works in a
comprehensive outsourcing model that would help researchers adopt
a cumulative approach as well as
practitioners by providing them a guide that will assist them during
the
overall offshore outsourcing process. This paper builds on and
integrates into
Lee’s IT outsourcing evolution model additional dimensions specific to
IT
offshore outsourcing. The resultant model is a roadmap of IT offshore
research
and its associated business and research issues. Implications for both
researchers and practitioners are discussed.
Authors: Bouchaib
Bahli and Kevin
Carillo