کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1027680 942255 2013 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Offshore outsourcing: A dynamic, operation mode perspective
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری بازاریابی و مدیریت بازار
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Offshore outsourcing: A dynamic, operation mode perspective
چکیده انگلیسی

Based on a case study of the Danish company SimCorp and the development of its operations in Kiev, Ukraine, we analyze offshore outsourcing in a broader, longitudinal foreign operation mode context, and how it may contribute to mode change in the host country over a certain span of time. SimCorp had outsourced part of its software development work to two Ukrainian companies. The case study approach allowed us to explore the dynamic processes in depth. The study shows that involvement in the foreign market generates learning in various forms that provide a foundation for eventual mode development or change—beyond outsourcing specific learning. At the same time, restrictions on 3rd parties’, that is, independent vendors’ access to confidential client data, as well as protection of specific investments in human assets, may eventually become a driver for mode change, as in the SimCorp case, to ensure more effective control of the foreign operation. Finally, the case study shows how outsourcing can be used proactively as a springboard to deeper and changed operation mode activities in a foreign market.


► Based on a study of an IT company, SimCorp, and its operations in Ukraine, we analyze offshore outsourcing.
► The case study approach allows us to explore the dynamic processes of offshore outsourcing in depth.
► The case study shows how involvement in the foreign market generates prompting eventual mode development or change.
► The study shows how outsourcing can be used proactively as a springboard to deeper and changed operation mode activities.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Industrial Marketing Management - Volume 42, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 211–222
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