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IS/IT Outsourcing: Conceptualising Practice and Perception

In: Business Information Technology Management Alternative and Adaptive futures

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  • Ray Hackney
  • Martin Hancox

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Precise definitions of IT outsourcing differ in the literature (Glass, 1996) but there is general agreement that it is the carrying out of IT functions by third parties (Kettler and Walstrom, 1993). Expenditure on IT outsourcing is considerable, with much of it placed with a few companies (Clark et al., 1995). However, there has been only a small (but increasing) number of empirical studies of IT outsourcing, a feature noted by several authors (e.g. Arnett and Jones, 1994; Sobol and Apte, 1995). In particular, there have been few British studies (Willcocks and Fitzgerald, 1993; Cronk and Sharp, 1995).Also, several conceptual frameworks are found in the literature, but more empirical work is needed to assess their validity (Corbett, 1994; Willcocks et al., 1996).

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  • Ray Hackney & Martin Hancox, 2000. "IS/IT Outsourcing: Conceptualising Practice and Perception," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ray Hackney & Dennis Dunn (ed.), Business Information Technology Management Alternative and Adaptive futures, chapter 18, pages 276-290, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-97767-5_19
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333977675_19
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