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Outsourcing Decision-Making: A Review of Strategic Frameworksand Proposal of a Multi-Perspective Approach

Outsourcing Decision-Making: A Review of Strategic Frameworksand Proposal of a Multi-Perspective Approach

Luke Ho, Anthony S. Atkins
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781599049472|ISBN10: 1599049473|EISBN13: 9781599049489
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch087
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Ho, Luke, and Anthony S. Atkins. "Outsourcing Decision-Making: A Review of Strategic Frameworksand Proposal of a Multi-Perspective Approach." Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 1177-1205. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch087

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Ho, L. & Atkins, A. S. (2008). Outsourcing Decision-Making: A Review of Strategic Frameworksand Proposal of a Multi-Perspective Approach. In A. Anttiroiko (Ed.), Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1177-1205). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch087

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Ho, Luke, and Anthony S. Atkins. "Outsourcing Decision-Making: A Review of Strategic Frameworksand Proposal of a Multi-Perspective Approach." In Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, 1177-1205. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.ch087

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Abstract

In recent years, outsourcing deals have increased in number and the strategic importance of the decision-making process has correspondingly increased. This chapter reviews various strategic frameworks that practitioners have attempted to develop for outsourcing decision-making and highlights the differences between proposed theories and current practice. While outsourcing decision-making is multi-faceted in nature, the frameworks reviewed appear to be largely mono-faceted in coverage, which indicates potential inadequacies in existing capabilities. The chapter proposes a framework to address such inadequacies by means of a tri-perspective approach, which extends the decision-making process to take into consideration issues from multiple domains. The proposed framework highlights a wide variety ofissues, ranging from the need to maintain internal expertise, to how national legislations can enforce unique constraints on the outsourcing decision-making process. The framework also attempts to provide a multi-perspective approach, which is required of current outsourcing decision-making practices, to enable both quantitative measurements and qualitative articulations.

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