Title :
Synching or sinking: global software outsourcing relationships
Author :
Heeks, Richard ; Krishna, S. ; Nicholsen, B. ; Sahay, Sundeep
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst., Manchester Univ., UK
Abstract :
Global software outsourcing is the outsourcing of software development to subcontractors outside the client organization´s home country, India is the leading GSO subcontractor, registering average annual growth of more than 40 percent over the last decade and developing nearly US$4 billion in software for foreign clients in FY 1999. Indian firms now develop software for nearly one-third of the Fortune 5002. The authors investigate the strategies that differentiate successful and unsuccessful value chain moves
Keywords :
outsourcing; software development management; GSO subcontractor; global software outsourcing; software development; value chain moves; Contracts; Control systems; Costs; Data analysis; Friction; Outsourcing; Programming; Software development management; Subcontracting; Technology transfer;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
