Surveying the Risks and Benefits of IT Outsourcing

IT Professional
2005
Issue No. 6 - November/December
Abstract - Surveying the Risks and Benefits of IT Outsourcing

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November/December 2005 (vol. 7 no. 6)

pp. 32-37

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	G. Reza Djavanshir, "Surveying the Risks and Benefits of IT Outsourcing," IT Professional, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 32-37, November/December, 2005.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MITP.2005.153, author = {G. Reza Djavanshir}, title = {Surveying the Risks and Benefits of IT Outsourcing}, journal ={IT Professional}, volume = {7}, number = {6}, issn = {1520-9202}, year = {2005}, pages = {32-37}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2005.153}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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G. Reza Djavanshir, Johns Hopkins University

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In a global economy fueled by advances in telecommunications and information technologies, offshore outsourcing is evolving from conventional international-trade practices. Today, companies are looking at all their business activities with an eye toward retaining some in-house and outsourcing others. A recent survey conducted by the author of senior IT managers provides insight into both the pros and cons of offshore outsourcing.

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offshore outsourcing, risk factors, benefits, IT companies, labor cost reduction, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, R&D, follow-the-sun (24/7) continuous operation, survey, IT workers, political risks, legal risk, information vulnerability, immature business environment

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G. Reza Djavanshir, "Surveying the Risks and Benefits of IT Outsourcing," IT Professional, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 32-37, Nov./Dec. 2005, doi:10.1109/MITP.2005.153

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