Strategic Posture and Outsourcing

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Strategic Posture and Outsourcing

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Mahnke, Volker (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)
Overby, Mikkel Lucas (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)
Özcan , Serden (Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School)

Abstract

IT-enabled innovations are of increasing importance for competitive success in a range to develop associated competencies - in-house and/or through outsourcing - consequential for creating and sustaining competitive advantage. Against the backdrop of the importance of IT-enabled innovation, the key concern of this chapter is to address the crucial question: How do capability development strategies differ between first-movers and late entrants in IT-enabled services. We develop theory based on three explorative case studies – FedEx, UPS and DHL. An analysis of the three companies reveals that governance choices are influenced by a company’s attempts to create, imitate, and/or leapfrog IT-enabled innovation in varying technological regimes.

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Paper provided by Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics in its series Working Papers with number 2004-18.

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Length: 39 pages
Date of creation: 19 Sep 2004
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:cbsinf:2004_018

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