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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"IT outsourcing"”.
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Trends in IT outsourcing : a vendor perspective
… under the supervision of Professor Gabriel Bitran. The overall thesis looks at intermediaries in the IT service market, and specifically how Imaging and Computing Corporation (l&C) is positioned in the market. It has been broken up into four parts, with each part an independent thesis …
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Success and failure of firms in the IT outsourcing industry
In the year 2004 amidst the hype against outsourcing heard in the wake of elections something important happened: the first few IT outsourcing companies crossed the threshold of billion dollars in revenue (viz. TCS, Infosys, Wipro). Although there has been much attention given to the outsourcing …
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IS/IT outsourcing : issues, evidence, and lessons from Kuwait - a developing country
… of a national case study exploring the IS/IT outsourcing phenomenon in the different sectors of a developing country. The study is empirically based and provides a logical extension to earlier research studies/endeavours in the field of IS/IT outsourcing. Kuwait has been used as an example …
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Moving from interpretivism to critical realism in IS research: An exploration and supporting IT outsourcing example
… philosophical awareness in progressing research. It argues against the use of a priori theory in research and proposes that an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of particular research approaches can provide the opportunity to be ones own guide and to work out critically one's own …
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Information technology outsourcing in emerging markets
Information Technology (IT) firms can better differentiate themselves and achieve improved profitability through IT outsourcing business. This can be explained by using Hax and 'Wilde's Delta Model. Several IT firms have successfully achieved these objectives in well-developed countries. However, …
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A framework for strategizing and deciding IT sourcing and managing outsourced services
… "The Company") to study disintermediation in the IT service industry. In this thesis we develop an integrated framework of IT outsourcing processes for enterprise users based upon our research findings. Each individual element is supported by a published, industry-accepted framework; what is …
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Outsourcing, offshoring and the US office market
… and these firms are increasingly dependent on IT in nearly every aspect of their business. Due to its technical nature and expense, these industries routinely outsource and/or offshore both major categories of IT work: application services (AO) and business process (BPO). To explore how IT …
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Tackling cloud compliance through information flow control
IT outsourcing to clouds bears new challenges to the technical implementation of legally compliant clouds. On the one hand, outsourcing companies have to comply with legal requirements. On the other hand, cloud providers have to support their customers in achieving compliance with these legal …
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Family Ownership and its impact on diversified Indian Business Group Ownership
… ownership affects group affiliated firms more positively than standalone firms. Group affiliated firms underperform initially as compared to standalone firms but after certain threshold of family ownership their performance becomes better than standalone firms. Within diversified Indian Business …
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Information technology outsourcing by large Australian organisations
Outsourcing of Information Technology (IT) is a well-established part of Australian business. Offshore outsourcing of IT support and development is a critical and widespread part of the globalised Australian and other nations’ economies. In Australia, national organisations such as the National …
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Planejamento estratégico de serviços de TI da Inteligence informática - João Pessoa - PB
… research is to evaluate the strategic planning without technical support in a company that provides IT service in João Pessoa - PB. Chiavenato and Sapiro (2004), Henderson and Venkatraman (1993), Laudon and Laudon (2011), Costa (2010), among other topics such as Strategic Planning, Quality …
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The Organizational Effects of Software as a Service: The Nerds Rise to Power
Organizational subunits such as marketing, sales, human resources, and customer service invest in software as a service (SaaS) as a means to reduce information technology costs, speed time to market, gain access to new technologies, and improve application support and maintenance. For these …
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The Role of Supplier Willingness in Supplier Development
… (SD) practices of SMEs in information technology outsourcing (ITO) sector. From the dyadic perspective, the research explored three key issues: (1) supplier development activities of SME firms in ITO sector, (2) the role of supplier willingness in supplier selection and development process and (3) …
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Stay, switch or back : Evaluating the IT sourcing cycle.
IT outsourcing has been a rich source for discussion since the landmark deal between Kodak and IBM in July 1989, being seen by many as the agreement that started outsourcing being perceived by companies as a serious strategic choice. With agreements generally signed for between 5 and 10 years, the …
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