Analysis of Increased Information Technology Outsourcing Factors

• Authors: Franc Brcar , Boris Bukovec
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study explores the field of IT outsourcing. The narrow field of research is to build a model of IT outsourcing based on influential factors. The purpose of this research is to determine the influential factors on IT outsourcing expansion. A survey was conducted with 141 large-sized Slovenian companies. Data were statistically analyzed using binary logistic regression. The final model contains five factors: (1) management’s support; (2) knowledge on IT outsourcing; (3) improvement of efficiency and effectiveness; (4) quality improvement of IT services; and (5) innovation improvement of IT. Managers immediately can use the results of this research in their decision-making. Increased performance of each individual organization is to the benefit of the entire society. The examination of IT outsourcing with the methods used is the first such research in Slovenia.

Keywords

EN

Informatics; Outsourcing; Information Technology Outsourcing; ITO; Model; Business Process Management

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-19

Dates

published

2013-01-01

online

2013-02-12

Contributors

author

Franc Brcar

• Faculty of Organization Studies, Novi trg 5, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia

author

Boris Bukovec

• Faculty of Organization Studies, Novi trg 5, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/orga-2013-0002