The ecology of MIS research: a twenty year status review
ICIS '89 Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information Systems
A social process model of user-analyst relationships
MIS Quarterly
Contracting for software development
Management Science
Determinants of information technology outsourcing: a cross-sectional analysis
Journal of Management Information Systems
Firms that choose outsourcing: a profile
Information and Management
A descriptive study on the outsourcing of information systems functions
Information and Management
Global disaggregation of information-intensive services
Management Science
A dialectic view of information systems outsourcing: pros and cons
Information and Management
Dual sourcing in repeated procurement competitions
Management Science
A transaction cost approach to outsourcing behavior: some empirical evidence
Information and Management
Two dimensions of software acquisition
Communications of the ACM
A two-level investigation of information systems outsourcing
Communications of the ACM
The new world of information technology outsourcing
Communications of the ACM
Employment outsourcing in information systems
Communications of the ACM
Information technology outsourcing transactions: process, strategies, and contracts
Information technology outsourcing transactions: process, strategies, and contracts
Incomplete information, task assignment, and managerial control systems
Management Science
Management Science - Special issue: Frontier research on information systems and economics
IT outsourcing as strategic partnering: the case of the UK inland revenue
European Journal of Information Systems
The role of trust in outsourced IS development projects
Communications of the ACM
Analysing information systems evaluation: another look at an old problem
European Journal of Information Systems - Special issue on information systems evaluaiton
A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in information systems
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Viewpoint: choosing appropriate information systems research methodologies
Communications of the ACM
The myths and realities of information technology insourcing
Communications of the ACM
Coordinating Investment, Production, and Subcontracting
Management Science
Developing a framework for analyzing IS sourcing
Information and Management
The Gestalt of an information technology outsourcing relationship: an exploratory analysis
ICIS '97 Proceedings of the eighteenth international conference on Information systems
Power, politics, and MIS implementation
Communications of the ACM
ICIS '00 Proceedings of the twenty first international conference on Information systems
The New Science of Management Decision
The New Science of Management Decision
Beyond the Information Systems Outsourcing Bandwagon: The Insourcing Response
Beyond the Information Systems Outsourcing Bandwagon: The Insourcing Response
Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems: Perspectives and Practices
Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems: Perspectives and Practices
Global Information Technology Outsourcing: In Search of Business Advantage
Global Information Technology Outsourcing: In Search of Business Advantage
Netsourcing: Renting Your Business Applications and Services over a Network
Netsourcing: Renting Your Business Applications and Services over a Network
Information Systems Outsourcing; Myths, Metaphors, and Realities
Information Systems Outsourcing; Myths, Metaphors, and Realities
Application Service Providers: Will They Succeed?
Information Systems Frontiers
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know
Information Systems Research
Beyond Opportunism: A Resource-based View of Outsourcing Risk
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6 - Volume 6
Assessing the Risk of IT Outsourcing
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6 - Volume 6
Outsourcing Application Software: A Knowledge Management Perspective
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6 - Volume 6
Organizational Psychology and Performance in IS Employment Outsourcing and Insourcing
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6 - Volume 6
Effective IT Outsourcing Arrangements
HICSS '98 Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6 - Volume 6
The Evolution of Outsourcing Research: What is the Next Issue?
HICSS '00 Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
Rethinking ERP-Outsourcing Decisions for Leveraging Technological and Preserving Business Knowledge
HICSS '02 Proceedings of the 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 8 - Volume 8
Offshore Ready: Strategies to Plan and Profit from Offshore IT-Enabled Services
Offshore Ready: Strategies to Plan and Profit from Offshore IT-Enabled Services
Analyzing IT Outsourcing Relationships as Alliances among Multiple Clients and Vendors
HICSS '99 Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
Information Technology Outsourcing: Conceptualizing Practice in the Public and Private Sector
HICSS '99 Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
Managing the Risk of IT Outsourcing
HICSS '99 Proceedings of the Thirty-second Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
The Sourcing Of Application Software Services: Empirical Evidence Of Cultural, Industry And Functional Differences (Information Age Economy)
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information systems outsourcing: a study of pre-event firm characteristics
Journal of Management Information Systems
The effect of service quality and partnership on the outsourcing of information systems functions
Journal of Management Information Systems
Outsourcing relationship literature: an examination and implications for future research
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on computer personnel research: Forty four years of computer personnel research: achievements, challenges & the future
Information systems outsourcing: a literature analysis
Information and Management
An investigation of factors that influence the duration of IT outsourcing relationships
Decision Support Systems
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
Does IT outsourcing create firm value?
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
The impact of perceived risk on the capital market's reaction to outsourcing announcements
Information Technology and Management
Information technology workforce skills: The software and IT services provider perspective
Information Systems Frontiers
Strategic dependence on the IT resource and outsourcing: A test of the strategic control model
Information Systems Frontiers
Foreword to the special issue on IS sourcing
Information Systems Frontiers
Understanding the outsourcing learning curve: A longitudinal analysis of a large Australian company
Information Systems Frontiers
A US Client's learning from outsourcing IT work offshore
Information Systems Frontiers
An integrative model of trust on IT outsourcing: Examining a bilateral perspective
Information Systems Frontiers
The risks of business process outsourcing: a two-fold assessment in the German banking industry
International Journal of Electronic Finance
An architecture for monitoring and coordination of services in networked organisations
MMACTE'05 Proceedings of the 7th WSEAS International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Computational Techniques In Electrical Engineering
Enterprise mobility and support outsourcing: A research model and initial findings
Information-Knowledge-Systems Management - Enterprise Mobility: Applications, Technologes and Strategies
Biggest Barriers to Effectiveness in CIO Role in Large Portuguese Companies
WSKS '08 Proceedings of the 1st world summit on The Knowledge Society: Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society
International Journal of Business Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Strategic Out-Tasking: Creating "win-win" outsourcing partnerships
Information and Management
Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Theory and practice of electronic governance
Offshoring and the new world order
Communications of the ACM - Scratch Programming for All
Cost Optimization Model for Business Applications in Virtualized Grid Environments
GECON '09 Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Grid Economics and Business Models
A review of the IT outsourcing literature: Insights for practice
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
A Learning Model of Information Technology Outsourcing: Normative Implications
Journal of Management Information Systems
Empirical validation of the Classic Change Curve on a software technology change project
Information and Software Technology
Structure of service level agreements (SLA) in IT outsourcing: The construct and its measurement
Information Systems Frontiers
Information and Software Technology
IT outsourcing in interagency collaborations: lessons from public safety networks
Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference on Public Administration Online: Challenges and Opportunities
The strategic value of IT insourcing: An IT-enabled business process perspective
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Information technology outsourcing through a configurational lens
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Combining transaction cost and resource-based insights to explain IT implementation outsourcing
Information Systems Frontiers
SAICSIT '10 Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists
An ontology based multi-agent system to support HABIO outsourcing framework
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Procuring software development services in a public administration: the perspective of suppliers
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Product Focused Software
An assessment of information systems service quality using SERVQUAL+
ACM SIGMIS Database
Software-as-a-service in small and medium enterprises: an empirical attitude assessment
WISE'11 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Web information system engineering
Opportunities and risks of software-as-a-service: Findings from a survey of IT executives
Decision Support Systems
Organizational Learning and Capabilities for Onshore and Offshore Business Process Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Influence of Industry Characteristics on Information Technology Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Offline business objects: enabling data persistence for distributed desktop applications
OTM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 OTM Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: CoopIS, COA, and ODBASE - Volume Part II
IT Outsourcing Contracts and Performance Measurement
Information Systems Research
EASE'08 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
Resolving uncertainty and creating value from the exercise of e-commerce investment options
Information Systems Journal
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Relationship, contract and IT outsourcing success: Evidence from two descriptive case studies
Decision Support Systems
A multi-level investigation of information technology outsourcing
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Addressing cultural dissimilarity in the information security management outsourcing relationship
TrustBus'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
Establishing Preconditions for Spanning the Boundaries in Public Private IT Megaprojects
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Stakeholder Challenges in Information Systems Project Offshoring: Client and Vendor Perspectives
International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
A Paradigmatic and Methodological Review of Research in Outsourcing
Information Resources Management Journal
Business-Related Determinants of Offshoring Intensity
Information Resources Management Journal
Information Resources Management Journal
Information Resources Management Journal
Global Information Management Research: What have we Learned in the Past Decade?
Journal of Global Information Management
Journal of Global Information Management
Journal of Database Management
Outsourcing of Community Source: Identifying Motivations and Benefits
Journal of Global Information Management
Taking a Byte of Telephony Costs: UAA Migrates to VoIP
Journal of Cases on Information Technology
Organizational Learning and Capabilities for Onshore and Offshore Business Process Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Hybrid Relational-Contractual Governance for Business Process Outsourcing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Efficient tree pattern queries on encrypted XML documents
Proceedings of the Joint EDBT/ICDT 2013 Workshops
Agile requirements prioritization in large-scale outsourced system projects: An empirical study
Journal of Systems and Software
Sustaining accessibility of information through digital preservation: A literature review
Journal of Information Science
Outsourcing location selection with SODA: a requirements based decision support methodology and tool
CAiSE'13 Proceedings of the 25th international conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering
Journal of Global Information Management
Journal of Global Information Management
Toward an understanding of the nature and conceptualization of outsourcing success
Information and Management
Risk assessment in IT outsourcing using fuzzy decision-making approach: An Indian perspective
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Intelligent Decision Technologies - IT Service Management and Engineering: An Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems Approach
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In the last fifteen years, academic research on information systems (IS) outsourcing has evolved rapidly. Indeed the field of outsourcing research has grown so fast that there has been scant opportunity for the research community to take a collective breath, and complete a global assessment of research activities to date. This paper seeks to address this need by exploring and synthesizing the academic literature on IS outsourcing. It offers a roadmap of the IS outsourcing literature, highlighting what has been done so far, how the work fits together under a common umbrella, and what the future directions might be. In order to adequately address the immense diversity of research on IS outsourcing and outsourcing in general, we develop a conceptual framework that helps us to categorize the literature. In particular, we look at the research objectives, methods used and theoretical foundations of the papers. In identifying the major research objectives, we view outsourcing as an organizational decision process and adapt Simon's stage model of decision making. This allows us to identify five major sourcing issues, from which at least one is covered by each academic article. These are the questions of why to outsource, what to outsource, which decision process to take, how to implement the sourcing decision, and what is the outcome of the sourcing decision. In analyzing the literature, we identify and structure the main explanatory factors and theoretical relationships within each of these sourcing stages. Based on our discussion of the research objectives, theoretical foundations and research approaches taken in the literature, we show how the various research streams hang together and we come up with a number of implications for research. Moreover, we identify a number of emerging sourcing issues. We believe that research on these "new" phenomena such as offshore outsourcing, application service providing and business process outsourcing would benefit from 'standing on the shoulders' of what has already been accomplished in the field of IS outsourcing.