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Firm strategic profile and IT outsourcing

verfasst von: Benoit A. Aubert, Guillaume Beaurivage, Anne-Marie Croteau, Suzanne Rivard

Erschienen in: Information Systems Frontiers | Ausgabe 2/2008

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IT outsourcing research has often been at the transaction level, focusing on the role of the characteristics of the IT activities as the antecedents of outsourcing decisions. The present study extends past research efforts examining the relationships between organizational level variables—in particular the business strategy—and the decision to outsource. Results show that prospectors and analyzers are more aggressive in their use of outsourcing for IT operations. However, no differences between the behaviour of the different strategic groups were found for maintenance activities, suggesting that these activities are too far from the core of the organization to be influenced by strategic profile.

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Titel: Firm strategic profile and IT outsourcing
verfasst von: Benoit A. Aubert
Guillaume Beaurivage
Anne-Marie Croteau
Suzanne Rivard
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2008
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Information Systems Frontiers / Ausgabe 2/2008
Print ISSN: 1387-3326
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9419
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-008-9065-8

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