Offshoring propensity in information technology services: A firm and country level analysis

Naveen Kumar Jain, Sumit K. Kundu and Fred A. Niederman
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Naveen Kumar Jain: Florida International University
Sumit K. Kundu: Florida International University
Fred A. Niederman: Saint Louis University

Management International Review, 2008, vol. 48, issue 4, No 6, 447-461

Abstract: Abstract Abstract and Key Results This conceptual paper examines the dynamics of the offshoring of information technology (IT) service work. It considers this important emerging phenomenon from multiple lenses, especially those of international business theories. Research propositions are developed based on the perspectives of home country firms, host nation and the dynamic interactions between the two. Questions for future research are suggested. Already established nations in the field get more opportunities than the new entrants to increase their competitiveness from experience-based knowledge gained as a result of the imitative actions of home country firms.

Keywords: Offshoring; Information Technology; Firm and Country Level Analysis; Transaction Cost Economics; Institutional Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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