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Outsourcing management information systems

"This book balances the positive outcomes of outsourcing, which have made it a popular management strategy with the negative to provide a more inclusive decision; it explores risk factors that have not yet been widely associated with this strategy. It focuses on the conceptual "what",...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Schniederjans, Marc J., Schniederjans, Ashlyn M., Schniederjans, Dara G.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Subjects:
Information technology > Management.
Contracting out.
Offshore outsourcing.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Fundamental Issues in Information System Outsourcing
  • 1. Conceptual Evolution of Business Organizations into Outsourcing-Insourcing Alliance Networks
  • 2. Why, When, and What to Outsource
  • 3. Planning for Information Systems Outsourcing
  • 4. Strategic and Tactical Planning of Outsourcing in MIS
  • Section II: Decision-Making Issues in Management Information Systems Outsourcing
  • 5. Establishing Performance Metrics for Managing the Outsourced MIS Project
  • 6. The Case for Centralized IT Contract Management: A Four Force Model
  • 7. Decision-Making Methods in MIS Outsourcing: Case Studies of Successes and Failures
  • 8. Lessons Learned from Successes and Failures in Information Systems Outsourcing
  • 9. Information System Outsourcing Decision: Case Study on the Automotive Industry
  • 10. Outsourcing Information Technology: The Role of Social Capital
  • 11. Outsourcing of Services by Service Firms: An Empirical Investigation
  • Section III: Risk Issues in Management Information Systems Outsourcing
  • 12. Outsourcing and Information Systems Development: How Complementary Corporate Cultures Minimize the Risks of Outsourced Systems Projects
  • 13. Managing Risks of IT Outsourcing
  • 14. A Framework for Evaluating Outsourcing Risk
  • Section IV: Quantitative Methods in Management Information System Outsourcing
  • 15. A Goal Programming Model for Evaluating Outsourcing Partners on a Global Scale
  • 16. Real Option Appraisal in R&D Outsourcing
  • 17. The Application of Real Options to the R&D Outsourcing Decision
  • 18. An Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Strategic Outsourcing for Effective Supply-Chain Linkages
  • 19. Is the Business Model Broken? A Model of the Difference Between Pay-Now and Pay-Later Contracts in IT Outsourcing
  • About the Authors
  • Index.

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