Vertikale Integration und informations- und kommunikationsintensive Dienstleistungen

Wolfgang Gick

Working Paper Series B from Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, School of of Economics and Business Administration

Abstract: The ongoing debate on the ``service gap'' in Germany has lead to empirical findings bolstering the argument of a lack of outsourcing activities.Hence, there is still a need to back these findings from an organisational point of view. After a short overview on empirical findings, the present paper focuses on the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) inside organizations providing ICT-related services. Starting with the organizational literature it shows that ICTs may lower the monitoring costs within incentive contracts. In addition, the paper tries to develop a viewpoint on the degree of applicability of hierarchies as a sefeguard against risks stemming from the outsourcing of ICT-related activities. Thus it tries to shed some light on the explanations for an in-house production of ICT-related services.

Keywords: Organisationstheorie; Transaktionskosten; Anreizvertraege; IuK-Technologien. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 L22 L33 L86 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999-12-01
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