Information systems outsourcing reasons in the largest Spanish firms

González, Reyes; Gascó, José L.; Llopis, Juan

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2004.10.002

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“…INSERT TABLE 1 329 valid answers were obtained, which represents an 8% ratio. This ratio might seem low, but similar or even lower ratios can be found in other studies about IT Outsourcing (Bahli and Rivard, 2005;Gonzalez, Gasco and Llopis, 2005;Ma, Pearson and Tadisina, 2005;Shi, Kunnathur and Ragu-Nathan, 2005). In fact, the ratio is quite acceptable bearing in mind the problems to obtain answers in surveys carried out among executives, especially when they are IS executives.…”

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“…Many studies on IS outsourcing have reached contradictory conclusions, providing reasons both for the growth (Alner, 2001;Ang and Straub, 1998;Gonzalez, Gasco and Llopis, 2005;McLellan, Marcolin and Beamish, 1995) and for the decline of this trend based, in the latter case, on the various risks associated with the application of IT outsourcing practices (Barthélemy, 2001;Earl, 1996;Palvia, 1995;Tafti, 2005;Willcocks, Lacity and Kern, 1999). Evaluating IT outsourcing decisions is highly problematic at the moment (Chen, Chou and Lin, 2007), mainly because outsourcing has often been viewed as a set of homogeneous services, failing to recognise the existence of various outsourcing contracts and relationships.…”

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A descriptive analysis of IT outsourcing configuration

González

Gascó

Llopis

2008

IJMED

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Information Systems outsourcing is a growing phenomenon in present-day firms that has generally been characterised with an insufficient level of detail and analysis. This is mainly due to the fact that outsourcing has been studied as a set of homogeneous services, failing to distinguish that there is a variety of contracts and ways to implement the outsourcing relationship. That is why this paper seeks to focus on a large number of essential aspects which define outsourcing contracts and relationships through the results of a survey carried out among the largest Spanish firms, suggesting the foreseeable future with respect to outsourcing in those companies.

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A descriptive analysis of IT outsourcing configuration

González

Gascó

Llopis

2008

IJMED

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“…They stated that outsourcing decisions is about improvement in profit, operating efficiency and also adding value to the product. Gonzalez et al (2005) also confirmed that cost reduction motivates organization and industries to make outsourcing decisions. Furthermore, most organizations choose to outsource some of their activities in order to minimize capital investment with the view of achieving availability of capital funds for core activities which are so critical to the industry and to improve return on assets (Clott, 2004).…”

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Effects of Outsourcing on National Forest Plantation Development Programme in Ghana

Adusei¹,

Seidu²,

Dunyah³

2017

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The study aimed at management of outsourcing of National Forest Plantation Development Programme (NFPDP) and its effects in the Atebubu Forest District as a case study in Ghana. The key issues examined are the level of technical competence of the contractors, the role of the lead implementing agency and the natural resource base sustainability. Two stage sampling technique was used to sample one hundred and ten respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to solicit information from the respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The results of the study indicate that the award of seedlings contracts and workers" salaries and logistics to African Foresters Brigade and Zoil Ghana Limited respectively were transparent. However, most of the activities the participating institutions performed were behind schedule indicating poor performance. It is therefore recommended that, Forestry Commission should put in place proper modalities to ensure effective implementation if outsourcing is to be continued.

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“…Gonzalez et al (2005) present a background to the literature for outsourcing reasons. A deeper view about IS outsourcing life cycle can be found in the work of Chou and Chou (2009).…”

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Personnel performance assessment in information systems outsourcing environments

Casado‐Lumbreras

Soto‐Acosta

Colomo‐Palacios

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Journal of Workplace Learning

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Purpose The aim of this paper is to present a tool which uses semantic technologies for personnel performance and workplace learning assessment in outsourced information technology environments. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the tool from a technical perspective and introduces a use case that depicts the main features related to human resource management issues. Findings Semantic technologies enable the monitoring of personnel throughout all of the phases of the management of outsourcing, basing itself on established communication standards used in leading business management tools and recent outsourcing efforts. This monitoring provides to human resource management issues an integrated approach to assess both employee performance and learning outcomes as a result of competence evaluation. Originality/value The paper shows that semantic technologies can be applied to human resource management tools to bring its intrinsic characteristics to human resource management tasks including personnel and learning assessment.

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Information systems outsourcing reasons in the largest Spanish firms

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Cited by 56 publications

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A descriptive analysis of IT outsourcing configuration

A descriptive analysis of IT outsourcing configuration

Effects of Outsourcing on National Forest Plantation Development Programme in Ghana

Personnel performance assessment in information systems outsourcing environments

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