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Outsourcing, Offshoring - Outsourcing and Offshoring
Cronin, Bruce; Catchpowle, Lesley; Hall, David - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 2, pp. 17-21
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Audit quality of outsourced information technology controls
Mazza, Tatiana; Azzali, Stefano; Fornaciarai, Luca - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 29 (2014), pp. 837-862
Purpose – This paper aims to test the positive relationship between audit quality (AQ) of outsourced information technology controls (ITC) and information technology audit quality (ITAQ). Design/methodology/approach –Factor analysis, ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions and simulations....
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Risks and Audit Objectives for IT Outsourcing
BRANDAS, Claudiu - In: Informatica Economica 14 (2010) 1, pp. 113-118
In the recent years, as a result of globalization, internet and IT progress, the outsourcing of IT services has seen an …, the outsourcing process exposes both clients and service providers to a series of risks that can seriously affect their …
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Innovation Seeking Strategy of IT Outsourcing on e-Europe
NISTOR, Rozalia; BLEOJU, Gianita; CAPATINA, Alexandru - In: Economics and Applied Informatics (2007), pp. 63-70
attractive targets for outsourcing projects that suppose not only NOT the creation of specialized software, but also the … overtaking of maintenance or suppoert services. The creation of a website designed to facilitate the outsourcing projects will …
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Empirically comparing information systems outsourcing with end-user computing development
Udo, Godwin J. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 1 (1999) 3, pp. 299-311
The two most popular techniques for managing information technology are outsourcing and end-user computing development … technique than outsourcing in eight out of the ten benefits considered. There was no significant difference between the two … significant difference in drawbacks was found between the two techniques. These findings contradict the claims of the outsourcing …
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Performance management: outsourcing and behavioural dynamics
Parker, David W.; Russell, Katie A. - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 7 (2005) 3, pp. 288-303
early stage of outsourcing IT services and an action inquiry methodology surfaced the embedded web of meanings relating to … significant managerial performance issues when perceiving the success or failure of an outsourcing strategy, such that they …
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The offshore services value chain: upgrading trajectories in developing countries
Fernandez-Stark, Karina; Bamber, Penny; Gereffi, Gary - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 1/2/3, pp. 206-234
This article analyses the offshore services industry using the global value chain approach. This industry has grown at a rapid pace over the last decade, driven principally by the search of businesses to reduce costs by unbundling and offshoring corporate services. This paper explores how...
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Particulars of US Information Technology and productivity: lessons for Europe
Adekola, Abel; Sergi, Bruno S. - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 1 (2008) 2, pp. 128-143
There is ample evidence that investment in Information Technology (IT) boosted labour markets productivity in the USA. In fact, conspicuous flows of investment in this sector enabled the US firms to record high rates of productivity growth and to boost up the country's economic growth to very...
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Evaluating cloud computing services from a total cost of ownership perspective
Walterbusch, Marc; Martens, Benedikt; Teuteberg, Frank - In: Management Research Review 36 (2013) 6, pp. 613-638
the TCO of cloud computing services. With this tool, decision makers are able to decide whether outsourcing into the cloud …
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The Impact of Information Technology Outsourcing on Productivity and Output: New Evidence from India
Kite, Grace - Department of Economics, School of Oriental and African … - 2012
Neither the literature on outsourcing nor the literature on the impact of information technology (IT) have previously … quantified the effects of IT outsourcing. This is a particularly important omission in India, which has an IT outsourcing … econometric evidence which shows that there is a strong positive impact of IT outsourcing on output and productivity in India. It …
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