Leslie Willcocks

Leslie P. Willcocks is professor of technology work and globalization at the London School of Economics and Political Science, head of the Information Systems and Innovation group and director of the outsourcing unit there. He is known for his work on global sourcing, information management, IT evaluation, e-business, organizational transformation as well as for his practitioner contributions to many corporations and government agencies. He holds visiting chairs at Erasmus, Melbourne and Sydney universities and is associate fellow at Templeton, University of Oxford. He has been for the last 20 years editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information Technology, and is joint series editor, with Mary Lacity, of the Palgrave book series Technology Work and Globalization. He has co-authored 31 books, including most recently Major Currents in Information Systems (Sage, London 2008, with Allen Lee), and Global Sourcing of Business and IT Services (Palgrave, London, 2006, with Mary Lacity) He has published over 180 refereed papers in journals such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, MIS Quarterly, MISQ Executive, Journal of Management Studies, Communications Of The ACM, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems.

Publications

Using Business Analytics for Strategic Alignment and Organisational Transformation
Using Business Analytics for Strategic Alignment and Organisational Transformation
Graeme Shanks, Nargiza Bekmamedova, Leslie Willcocks. © 2013. 15 pages.
Organisations use business analytics (BA) systems to create value and provide competitive advantage. They frequently use BA systems to respond quickly to market changes and...
Foreword
Foreword
Leslie Willcocks. © 2009. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book IT Governance in a Networked World: Multi-Sourcing Strategies and Social Capital for Corporate Computing.
Foreword
Foreword
Leslie Willcocks. © 2009. 3 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Managing Very Large IT Projects in Businesses and Organizations.
Survey of IT Outstanding Experiences in US and UK Organizations
Survey of IT Outstanding Experiences in US and UK Organizations
Mary Cecelia Lacity, Leslie P. Willcocks. © 2002. 30 pages.
The global IT outsourcing market is estimated to exceed $121 billion by the year 2001. To assess current market practices and experiences, a survey was distributed to 600 US and...
Contract, Control and 'Presentation' in IT Outsourcing: Research in Thirteen UK Organizations
Contract, Control and 'Presentation' in IT Outsourcing: Research in Thirteen UK Organizations
Thomas Kern, Leslie Willcocks. © 2002. 23 pages.
Information technology (IT) outsourcing continues to experience phenomenal growth, with an estimated market size of over $100 billion in 2000. Its adoption by some of the largest...
Survey of IT Outsourcing Experiences in US and UK Organizations
Survey of IT Outsourcing Experiences in US and UK Organizations
Mary C. Lacity, Leslie P. Willcocks. © 2000. 19 pages.
The global IT outsourcing market is estimated to exceed $121 billion by the year 2001. To assess current market practices and experiences, a survey was distributed to 600 US and...
Contracts, Control and Presentation in IT Outsourcing: Research in 13 UK Organizations
Contracts, Control and Presentation in IT Outsourcing: Research in 13 UK Organizations
Thomas Kern, Leslie Willcocks. © 2000. 15 pages.
Information technology (IT) outsourcing continues to experience phenomenal growth, with an estimated market size of over $100 billion in 2000. Its adoption by some of the largest...