One noticeable trend in the maturing information technology (IT) outsourcing industry is the growing interest from client firms seeking to benefit from supplier-led innovations. Yet IT outsourcing suppliers still find it challenging to shift their reputation from the competent provision of a...

1. Introduction: On Types of Products of Theorizing -- 2. Useful Products in Information Systems Theorizing: A Discursive Formation Perspective -- 3. Debating Genres And IS Research: The Case Of Action Principles For Service Automation -- 4. A Paradigm Shift in Understanding Digital Objects in...

This new volume in the Advances in Management Information Systems series presents the latest cutting-edge knowledge in IT outsourcing. As part of the growing business trend to outsourcing various operations, IT outsourcing both determines the governance of a vital organizational function and...

Outsourcing information technology (IT) operations has been recognized to have important potential benefits, including cost reduction, improved quality of service, and access to technological expertise. Researchers and practitioners also recognize that, in some circumstances, IT outsourcing...

The impacts of information technology on business performance has been a focus of research in recent years. In this regard, contingency models based on the notion of "fit" between the organization's management of IT, its environment, strategy, and structure seem to show promise. Six perspectives...