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IT outsourcing: : Evidence from France and Germany

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  • Barthelemy, Jérôme
  • Geyer, Dominique

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In this article, we study IT outsourcing in two European countries. A survey carried out on 160 large French and German firms highlights the main differences between French and German IT outsourcing practices. First, German firms tend to outsource less critical activities than French ones. Second, IT outsourcing joint-decisions (i.e. top and IT management) are more frequent in Germany than in France. Third, IT outsourcing operations more frequently entail personnel transfers and layoffs in France than in Germany. Fourth, the proportion of quasi-outsourcing operations is larger in Germany than in France. The differences between French and German IT outsourcing practices are explained through cultural and economic differences. French and German findings are also compared to existing empirical evidence in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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  • Barthelemy, Jérôme & Geyer, Dominique, 2001. "IT outsourcing: : Evidence from France and Germany," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 195-202, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:19:y:2001:i:2:p:195-202
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    Cited by:

    1. Christine Koh & Soon Ang & Detmar W. Straub, 2004. "IT Outsourcing Success: A Psychological Contract Perspective," Information Systems Research, INFORMS, vol. 15(4), pages 356-373, December.
    2. Guschanski, Alexander & Onaran, Özlem, 2017. "The political economy of income distribution: industry level evidence from 14 OECD countries," Greenwich Papers in Political Economy 17518, University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre.
    3. Ohnemus, Jörg, 2009. "Productivity effects of business process outsourcing: a firm-level investigation based on panel data," ZEW Discussion Papers 09-088, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.

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