Information Systems Outsourcing Enduring Themes, Global Challenges, and Process Opportunities /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hirschheim, Rudy (Editor), Heinzl, Armin (Editor), Dibbern, Jens (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Organization.; Planning.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.

The notion of outsourcing – making arrangements with an external entity for the provision of goods or services to supplement or replace internal efforts – has been around for centuries. The outsourcing of information systems (IS) is however a much newer concept but one which has been growing dramati...