Process and Structural Implications for IT-Enabled Outsourcing

Paul Drnevich, Thomas H. Brush and Gregory T. Luckock
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Paul Drnevich: University of Alabama, USA
Thomas H. Brush: Purdue University, USA
Gregory T. Luckock: Raytheon Professional Services LLC, USA

International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA), 2011, vol. 2, issue 4, 30-43

Abstract: Recent research examined the non-traditional, but increasingly common case of the use of IT to facilitate theoretically inconsistent outsourcing decisions involving (strategic) core firm resources and asset-specific capabilities. It further illustrated how IT can enable such outsourcing decisions and how performance advantages may ensue. However, the process and structural implications of such practices remain unexamined. This paper extends this area of research by proposing three distinct approaches to IT-enabled business process outsourcing (BPO). The authors differentiate these approaches by the timing of when the outsourcing vendor takes ownership of the activity, and when and where any transformation of the activity takes place. The authors label these processes by the order of the initial activities that lead the outsourcing process, (e.g., transformation, transition, or a transfer of an organizational activity). The authors illustrate and discuss the implications of the propositions through several real-world case examples.

Date: 2011
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