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Assessing the Risk of IT Outsourcing

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  • Benoit Aubert
  • Michel Patry
  • Suzanne Rivard

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  • Benoit Aubert & Michel Patry & Suzanne Rivard, 1998. "Assessing the Risk of IT Outsourcing," CIRANO Working Papers 98s-16, CIRANO.
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    1. Benoit Aubert & Michel Patry & Suzanne Rivard, 2001. "Managing IT Outsourcing Risk: Lessons Learned," CIRANO Working Papers 2001s-39, CIRANO.
    2. Benoit Aubert & Vital Roy, 2000. "A Resource-Based Analysis of IT Oursourcing," CIRANO Working Papers 2000s-30, CIRANO.
    3. Beasley, Mark & Bradford, Marianne & Dehning, Bruce, 2009. "The value impact of strategic intent on firms engaged in information systems outsourcing," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 79-96.
    4. Julia Trampel, 2004. "To Offshore or Nearshore IT services? An investigation using transaction cost theory," Industrial Organization 0406001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Kim Wüllenweber & Daniel Beimborn & Tim Weitzel & Wolfgang König, 2008. "The impact of process standardization on business process outsourcing success," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 211-224, April.
    6. Asatiani, Aleksandre & Apte, Uday & Penttinen, Esko & Rönkkö, Mikko & Saarinen, Timo, 2019. "Impact of accounting process characteristics on accounting outsourcing - Comparison of users and non-users of cloud-based accounting information systems," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 1-1.
    7. Benoit Aubert & Vital Roy, 1999. "A Resource Based View of the Information Systems Sourcing Mode," CIRANO Working Papers 99s-34, CIRANO.
    8. Nils Urbach & Tobias Würz, 2012. "How to Steer the IT Outsourcing Provider," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 4(5), pages 247-259, October.
    9. Chris Bennett & Greg T Timbrell, 2000. "Application Service Providers: Will They Succeed?," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 2(2), pages 195-211, August.
    10. Benoit Aubert & Michel Patry & Suzanne Rivard & Heather Smith, 2000. "IT Outsourcing Risk Management at British Petroleum," CIRANO Working Papers 2000s-31, CIRANO.
    11. Benoit Aubert & Sylvie Dussault & Michel Patry & Suzanne Rivard, 1998. "Managing the Risk of IT Outsourcing," CIRANO Working Papers 98s-18, CIRANO.

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    Keywords

    Outsourcing of IS; agency theory; transaction cost economics; Sous-traitance des systèmes informatiques; théorie de l'agence; économie des coûts de transaction;
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    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production

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