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How Corporations E-Source: From Business Technology Projects to Value Networks

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  • Leslie P. Willcocks

    (Warwick University Business School)

  • Robert Plant

    (University of Miami)

Abstract

A 78 organization study in USA, Europe and Australasia throughout 1999–2001 finds a variety of practices in sourcing the development and running of technology and e-businesses in value networks. The paper points to trade-offs in e-sourcing decisions, not least between speed to the net, cost, and organizational learning. Leading and lagging practices are identified and the evolutionary paths organizations take are described and assessed. Outsourcing emerges as highly useful for specific purposes, but other ways of using the external market for e-business development can be more suitable for certain identifable activities. The paper further discusses how external sourcing and partnering practices are increasingly being extended into the customer resource life-cycle, into supply chains and throughout value networks. Case examples are discussed and the strengths and weaknesses of their practices identified. The need to clarify core capabilities is demonstrated, and two matrices that facilitate effective e-sourcing decisions are developed to summarize the findings from the research.

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  • Leslie P. Willcocks & Robert Plant, 2003. "How Corporations E-Source: From Business Technology Projects to Value Networks," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 5(2), pages 175-193, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:5:y:2003:i:2:d:10.1023_a:1022601607218
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1022601607218
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    1. Sajda Qureshi & Min Liu & Doug Vogel, 2006. "The Effects of Electronic Collaboration in Distributed Project Management," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 55-75, January.
    2. Qureshi, S. & Liu, M. & Vogel, D.R., 2004. "A Grounded Theory Analysis of E-Collaboration Effects for Distributed Project Management," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2004-059-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    3. Carlos Alberto Belchior Doria Carneiro & Geovana Lorena Bertussi, 2018. "Outsourcing And Efficiency Wages: The Case Of Brazil," Anais do XLIV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 44th Brazilian Economics Meeting] 233, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].

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