Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing

Over the last two decades information technology (IT) outsourcing has grown dramatically, and has emerged as a strategic choice for firms searching for ways to control their costs and maintain a competitive edge. The mechanisms driving its growth are not fully understood though. In this research, we...

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Main Authors: MANN, Arti, FOLCH, David, KAUFFMAN, Robert J., ANSELIN, Luc
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-35172017-06-23T08:07:33Z Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing MANN, Arti FOLCH, David KAUFFMAN, Robert J. ANSELIN, Luc Over the last two decades information technology (IT) outsourcing has grown dramatically, and has emerged as a strategic choice for firms searching for ways to control their costs and maintain a competitive edge. The mechanisms driving its growth are not fully understood though. In this research, we employ an approach that focuses on geographic, temporal, and industrial proximity in a mechanism that identifies the process underlying the diffusion of IT outsourcing across firms within the U.S from 2000 to 2010. We focus on the role that firm location plays in the diffusion process, and use space-time clustering techniques from the epidemiology literature to understand the diffusion process. We identify 38 space-time clusters based on IT outsourcing announcement data and the locations of firm headquarters among U.S.-based firms. When supplemented with additional information, such as type of services outsourced, the metropolitan area of the headquarters, and related industry information; the results offer insights into various types of diffusion processes that have been identified in the literature but have not been documented to date in the empirical manner that we have been able to do. 2015-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2518 info:doi/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.06.018 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3517/viewcontent/SpatialTemporalTrendsITOutsourcing_2015.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Clustering methods Contagion effects Economies of scale Economies of scope IT services Outsourcing Spatio-temporal analysis Technology diffusion Computer Sciences Technology and Innovation
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Singapore
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topic Clustering methods
Contagion effects
Economies of scale
Economies of scope
IT services
Outsourcing
Spatio-temporal analysis
Technology diffusion
Computer Sciences
Technology and Innovation
spellingShingle Clustering methods
Contagion effects
Economies of scale
Economies of scope
IT services
Outsourcing
Spatio-temporal analysis
Technology diffusion
Computer Sciences
Technology and Innovation
MANN, Arti
FOLCH, David
KAUFFMAN, Robert J.
ANSELIN, Luc
Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
description Over the last two decades information technology (IT) outsourcing has grown dramatically, and has emerged as a strategic choice for firms searching for ways to control their costs and maintain a competitive edge. The mechanisms driving its growth are not fully understood though. In this research, we employ an approach that focuses on geographic, temporal, and industrial proximity in a mechanism that identifies the process underlying the diffusion of IT outsourcing across firms within the U.S from 2000 to 2010. We focus on the role that firm location plays in the diffusion process, and use space-time clustering techniques from the epidemiology literature to understand the diffusion process. We identify 38 space-time clusters based on IT outsourcing announcement data and the locations of firm headquarters among U.S.-based firms. When supplemented with additional information, such as type of services outsourced, the metropolitan area of the headquarters, and related industry information; the results offer insights into various types of diffusion processes that have been identified in the literature but have not been documented to date in the empirical manner that we have been able to do.
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author MANN, Arti
FOLCH, David
KAUFFMAN, Robert J.
ANSELIN, Luc
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KAUFFMAN, Robert J.
ANSELIN, Luc
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title Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
title_short Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
title_full Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
title_fullStr Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
title_full_unstemmed Spatial and Temporal Trends in Information Technology Outsourcing
title_sort spatial and temporal trends in information technology outsourcing
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2015
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2518
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3517/viewcontent/SpatialTemporalTrendsITOutsourcing_2015.pdf
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