Strategic Outsourcing of IT Services: Theoretical Stocktaking and Empirical Challenges

Volker Mahnke, Mikkel Lucas Overby and Jan Vang

Industry and Innovation, 2005, vol. 12, issue 2, 205-253

Abstract: This paper presents a review of existing theoretical perspectives and empirical work on strategic IT outsourcing. By presenting the main findings of various recent studies and elaborating on current research gaps it conveys a picture of the past research, the present findings and the future applications of IT outsourcing. Prior research has generated theoretical insights and largely qualitative evidence on IT outsourcing. While quantitative studies remain sparse, limited to decision making and performance, there is a lack of quantitative empirical research examining outsourcing processes more comprehensively. This paper outlines a simple, yet integrative process model and develops propositions, which serve to integrate and compare theoretical strands, to evaluate existing empirical research and to stimulate new avenues of empirical research.

Keywords: Strategic outsourcing; IT services; stocktaking; empirical challenges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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