Factors Influencing Offshore Outsourcing in Xi”an,China: A Research in Progress
This research brings together a collaboration of academic resources from mainland China and from the United Kingdom to perform an in-depth study of the offshore outsourcing industry within one of China”s main cities and centres of outsourcing activity:Xi”an,in Shaanxi Province.The aim of the research,in the first instance,is to establish a framework of strategic success factors deemed necessary for Xi”an to establish a viable software and services export industry.Thereafter,in November 2008,we did an initial investigation,visiting 7 software companies where we interviewed 9 managers who work in those companies.Depending on the results of the initial study,those areas that are deemed most influential in providing a successful environment for Xi”an were more closely investigated in May 2009.We visited 7 more software companies and revisited 2 of the 7 companies that were investigated in 2008.We performed 8 interviews with top managers who work in those software companies.At the same time,we conducted a questionnaire survey,collected 201 answered questionnaires from 13 software companies that were visited by us.The respondents are employees who participate in outsourcing projects.We have some findings from this research,which might provide insightful implications to both academics and practitioners,including both clients and suppliers in information system outsourcing iedustry.
Offshore outsourcing information systems success factors investigation
RONG DU SHIZHONG AI PAMELA ABBOTT YINGQIN ZHENG
School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, No.2 Taibai Rd,Xi”an City, Shaanxi Province, School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, Brunel University,Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Information Systems and Innovation Group, London School of Economics,Houghton Street, London WC2A 2A
国内会议
武汉
英文
443-446
2009-10-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）