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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 |
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