Value configuration as determinant of IT operating systems outsourcing

Petter Gottschalk and Hans Solli-Saether

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2009, vol. 3, issue 2, 135-147

Abstract: Previous research has illustrated how systems outsourcing decisions are influenced by core competence situation, resource situation and other contingent factors. In this paper, value configuration is introduced as a determinant of systems outsourcing decisions. Survey research was applied in this research covering the largest business companies in Norway. Empirical results indicate that the extent to which companies with the value configuration of a value network are outsourcing functions is substantial higher than the alternative configurations of value chain and value shop.

Keywords: value configuration; business systems; contingent approach; operating systems; survey research; systems outsourcing; value chain; value networks; value shop; information technology; Norway. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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