Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived

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Autor(a) principal: Varajão, J. E.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Cruz-Cunha, M. M., Fraga, M. G., Amaral, L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11110/601
Resumo: When companies opt for information systems (IS) outsourcing, within the set of contracted services, they can contract their entire service needs to onshore suppliers or to offshore companies, or part of these services can be contracted to onshore suppliers and the other part to offshore suppliers. The offshore outsourcing reveals itself nowadays as an important strategic option to IS management optimization. This paper presents and discusses the main results of a survey that was carried out in Portugal to determine several aspects of offshore practice in large companies. It allowed the identification of the services more frequently contracted, the most common motivations for choosing offshore suppliers and the main risks perceived by companies. This research contributes to a better understanding of the IS offshore market, enabling client companies and vendors to improve their strategic business action.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
title Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
spellingShingle Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
Varajão, J. E.
Outsourcing
Information systems
Offshore
title_short Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
title_full Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
title_fullStr Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
title_full_unstemmed Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
title_sort Offshore outsourcing in large companies: motivations and risks perceived
author Varajão, J. E.
author_facet Varajão, J. E.
Cruz-Cunha, M. M.
Fraga, M. G.
Amaral, L.
author_role author
author2 Cruz-Cunha, M. M.
Fraga, M. G.
Amaral, L.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Varajão, J. E.
Cruz-Cunha, M. M.
Fraga, M. G.
Amaral, L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Outsourcing
Information systems
Offshore
topic Outsourcing
Information systems
Offshore
description When companies opt for information systems (IS) outsourcing, within the set of contracted services, they can contract their entire service needs to onshore suppliers or to offshore companies, or part of these services can be contracted to onshore suppliers and the other part to offshore suppliers. The offshore outsourcing reveals itself nowadays as an important strategic option to IS management optimization. This paper presents and discusses the main results of a survey that was carried out in Portugal to determine several aspects of offshore practice in large companies. It allowed the identification of the services more frequently contracted, the most common motivations for choosing offshore suppliers and the main risks perceived by companies. This research contributes to a better understanding of the IS offshore market, enabling client companies and vendors to improve their strategic business action.
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