Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems: Perspectives and Practices

Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems: Perspectives and Practices

by Leslie P. Professor Willcocks (Author), Willcocks (Author), Mary C. Professor Lacity (Author)

Synopsis

This book provides a forum of current thinking by prominent scholars and practitioners from around the globe. Edited and with a lengthy introduction by two internationally recognised experts in this field, the booka s coverage includes: Selective Outsourcing, Total Outsourcing, Total Insourcing, IT department as a trading agency, Offshore Development. Theoretical perspectives allow critical variables to be extracted in order to explain successful or unsuccessful decisions, while decision frameworks and case studies provide guidelines on which sourcing options to select, and how to manage outsourcing arrangements.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Edition: 4
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 09 Dec 1997

ISBN 10: 047197787X
ISBN 13: 9780471977872

Author Bio

Leslie P. Willcocks is a Fellow in the Oxford Institute of Information Management, Templeton College, Oxford and Visiting Professor, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology and has an international reputation for his work in IT evaluation, outsourcing and information management. He is author of 12 books and over 120 refereed papers for journals including HBR, Sloan Management Review and Long Range Planning and was co-editor of Strategic Sourcing of Information Systems, Wiley.