The current state of IS offshoring in Germany
- This paper empirically examines the current state of the IS offshoring phenomenon in Germany regarding project characteristics and success patterns. Relying on a sample of 304 projects conducted at various industry sectors and companies, results show that IS offshoring primarily occurs in sectors Telecommunications and IT at large corporations. Cost reduction is the main reason for going offshore and offshore projects are executed as part of a larger program at companies. Noticeably, most projects are delivered from India. Additionally, neither captive offshoring nor offshore outsourcing dominates as a de-livery option. Comparing different project subgroups regarding project success, the results reveal that projects delivered by an internal or partially owned service provider are more successful. Other project characteristics such as a project’s embedded-ness in a larger offshoring program, a project’s size, or a project’s offshoring degree in terms of relatively offshored labor hours show few significant differences. The paper addresses the paucity of empirical research on the current state of the IS offshoring phenomenon in Germany.
Author: | Markus WestnerORCiDGND, Susanne Strahringer |
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URL / DOI: | http://jitm.ubalt.edu/XXI-1/article4.pdf |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Information Technology Management |
Subtitle (English): | Project characteristics and success patterns |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2010 |
Release Date: | 2019/11/29 |
Tag: | Information systems sourcing; Nearshoring; Offshoring; Outcome; Project success; Success factor |
GND Keyword: | Betriebliches Informationssystem; Offfshoring |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 49 |
Last Page: | 70 |
Institutes: | Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik |
Fakultät Informatik und Mathematik / Regensburg Strategic IT Management (ReSITM) | |
research focus: | Digitalisierung |