Information Systems Backsourcing
- Information systems backsourcing describes the transferof previously outsourced activities, assets, or personnel back to the originating companyto regain ownership and control. While there is much research on information systems outsourcing, the topic of backsourcing information systemsis still an emerging research area. Therefore, ourpaper aims to explore and synthesizethe existing literature on information systemsbacksourcing, since there is no exhaustiveliteraturereview of the state of the research to our knowledge available yet. In this paper, wecreate a framework to structure the existing research along the overallbacksourcing process. We identifydifferent motivators, such asexpectation gaps, orinternal and external organizational changes, leading towards a backsourcing decision, and factors positively or negatively influencing this decision. Additionally, we derive implementation success factors based on the existing literature to guide companies through the backsourcing process.We also differentiate the term backsourcing from related, sometimes synonymously used terms, by emphasizing the change of ownership back to the company of originas the main criterion.Additionally, we discuss opportunities for future research in the field of information systems backsourcing.
Author: | Benedikt von Bary, Markus WestnerORCiDGND |
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URL / DOI: | http://jitm.ubalt.edu/XXIX-1/article4.pdf |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Information Technology Management |
Subtitle (English): | A Literature Review |
Publisher: | University of Tehran |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
Release Date: | 2019/11/26 |
Tag: | Backshoring; Backsourcing; Information systems; Information technology; Inshoring; Literature review; Reshoring |
GND Keyword: | Betriebliches Informationssystem; Insourcing; Literaturbericht |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 62 |
Last Page: | 78 |
Institutes: | Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik |
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Regensburg Strategic IT Management (ReSITM) | |
Begutachtungsstatus: | peer-reviewed |
research focus: | Digitalisierung |