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Introduction

Laurence Lock Lee
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781605660844|ISBN10: 1605660841|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925475|EISBN13: 9781605660851
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-084-4.ch001
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Laurence Lock Lee. "Introduction." IT Governance in a Networked World: Multi-Sourcing Strategies and Social Capital for Corporate Computing, IGI Global, 2009, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-084-4.ch001

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L. Lock Lee (2009). Introduction. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-084-4.ch001

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Laurence Lock Lee. "Introduction." In IT Governance in a Networked World: Multi-Sourcing Strategies and Social Capital for Corporate Computing. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-084-4.ch001

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Abstract

The information technology (IT) industry has a relatively short history in global markets but can put claim to a disproportionate number of “business innovations” that it either participated in or has been the catalyst for. Concepts such as business process re-engineering (BPR), supply chain management (SCM), IT outsourcing (ITO), business process outsourcing (BPO), off-shoring and now multisourcing are tightly associated with the IT industry. The growth in the services economy and rapid escalation in the use of alliances and joint ventures for business growth is also clearly evident in the IT sector. A characteristic of an industry being a leader in the introduction of new business concepts is that it gets to experience both the excitement of forging new paths but unfortunately also the pain of unfulfilled aspirations.

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