The New IT Outsourcing Landscape: From Innovation to Cloud Services [Hardcover]

Written by the world's leading academics in the outsourcing field, this books gives the most recent overview of developments in research and practice. It focuses on new practices in innovation, offshoring, onshoring, capabilities, project management and cloud services, offering a distinctive theory of outsourcing.List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction The Emerging IT Outsourcing Landscape; L.Willcocks & M.Lacity PART I: THE OUTSOURCING LANDSCAPE Mapping the IT Outsourcing Landscape: Review and Future Directions; M.Lacity , S.Khan , A.Yan & L.Willcocks Theory In Outsourcing: The New Challenge; M.Lacity , S.Khan & L.Willcocks PART II: SIX THEMES AND NEW DIRECTIONSInnovation - Step Change in Outsourcing: Towards Collaborative Innovation; E.Whitley & L.Willcocks Projects Managing Escalation in IT Outsourcing; D.Kovasznai & L.Willcocks Offshoring Cross Cultural Strategies; P.Abbott , Y.Q.Zheng , R.Dhu & L.Willcocks Onshoring What About Rural Outsourcing? M.Lacity , J.Rottman & S.Khan Capabilities The Neglected Role of Middle Management in Outsourcing and Offshoring; L.Willcocks & C.Griffiths Cloud On The Landscape - Promises and Challenges; W.Venters , E.Whitley , L.Willcocks & J.Hindle IndexPAMELA ABBOTT Lecturer at Brunel University, London, UKRONG DU Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, Xi'an, ChinaCATHERINE GRIFFITHS Co-founder and Business Development Manager of the Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UKJOHN HINDLE Outsourcing Marketing Lead at Accenture (Global)SHAJI KHAN Doctoral Candidate of Business Administration with Information Systems (IS) emphasis at the College of Business, University of Missouri, St. Louis, USADOROTTYA KOVASZNAI pursued a BA and MSc in Economics at the Corvinus University of Budapest, HungaryJOSEPH ROTTMAN Director of the International Business Institute, an Associate Professor of Informal“7