Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8477
Title: The role of structural embeddedness in an IT outsourcing network
Authors: Oh, J
Lee, H
Ali, M
Weerakkody, V
Keywords: IT outsourcing;Opportunistic behaviour;Structural embeddedness
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: Brunel University
Citation: European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2011 (EMCIS2011)
Abstract: The design of governance to safeguard against a vendor's opportunistic behaviour is one of the critical issues in information technology outsourcing (ITO) since this behaviour causes cost escalation and service debasement. The roles of structural embeddedness underlying network governance have been gaining its importance as complementary or substitutable governance in ITO. Our research attempts to reveal how structural embeddedness can affect the decision-makings of clients and vendors and their resulting outcomes in an ITO network and how these effects are moderated by various ITO network structures according to outsourced IT services. An agent-based simulation and game-theoretic approach are adopted to build a simulation model to describe ITO networks with various structures and ITO transactions between clients and vendors. Finally, the future research directions are discussed.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8477
ISBN: 978-190231685-7
Appears in Collections:Business and Management
Brunel Business School Research Papers

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Fulltext.pdf107.34 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in BURA are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.