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Catherine Urquhart

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Netsourcing strategies for vendors : A resource-based and transaction cost economics perspective

Author

  • Sofiane Tebboune
  • Cathy Urquhart

Summary, in English

This paper discusses Netsourcing strategies for vendors, a little explored area of outsourcing research, using both a resource-based (RBV) perspective and a transaction cost economics (TCE) perspective. Using both theories and an infrastructural view of Information Technology service, we present a conceptual model of vendor sourcing decisions. We then present a number of propositions based on case studies of vendor decisions. Finally we conclude by discussing the theoretical contribution of RBV and TCE and, crucially, the value of combining both theories for the study of Netsourcing, and for other areas of IS research.

Publishing year

2016-03-01

Language

English

Pages

32-47

Publication/Series

Journal of Information Technology

Volume

31

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Information Systems
  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • firm boundaries
  • IS outsourcing
  • IT infrastructure
  • Netsourcing
  • resource-based view
  • transaction cost economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0268-3962