This paper examines renegotiation design in contracts for outsourced information technology (IT) services. While prior literature in information systems (IS) has highlighted the likelihood of ex post rent seeking engendered by renegotiation, we build upon literature on incomplete contracts to...

This paper presents new evidence on the role of embeddedness in predicting contract duration in the context of Information Technology (IT) Outsourcing. Contract duration is a strategic decision that aligns interests of clients and vendors, providing the benefits of business continuity to clients...

There is a substantial body of literature on information technology (IT) outsourcing. However, little is known about employing IT outsourcing to generate innovation. In this paper, we articulate the ex ante as well as ex post contracting challenges that could preclude firms from realizing such...

The outsourcing of IT services poses a conundrum to the traditional theories of the firm. While there are many prescriptive sourcing metrics that are geared towards the evaluation of tangible and measurable aspects of vendors and clients, much of the information that is traditionally important...