Offshoring propensity in information technology services: a firm and country level analysis

Naveen Kumar Jain; Sumit K. Kundu; Fred A. Niederman

doi:10.1007/s11575-008-0026-8

Offshoring propensity in information technology services: a firm and country level analysis

Naveen Kumar Jain, Sumit K. Kundu, Fred A. Niederman

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Abstract

This conceptual paper examines the dynamics of the offshoring of information technology (IT) service work. It considers this important emerging phenomenon from multiple lenses, especially those of international business theories. • Research propositions are developed based on the perspectives of home country firms, host nation and the dynamic interactions between the two. Questions for future research are suggested. • Already established nations in the field get more opportunities than the new entrants to increase their competitiveness from experience-based knowledge gained as a result of the imitative actions of home country firms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	447-461
Number of pages	15
Journal	Management International Review
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-008-0026-8
Publication status	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

Firm and country level analysis
Information technology
Institutional theory
Offshoring
Transaction cost economics

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Business and International Management
Strategy and Management

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