Country Attractiveness for Offshoring and Offshore Outsourcing: Additional Considerations

Authors

Julia Kotlarsky, Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK;
Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The NetherlandsFollow

Document Type

Other

Abstract

In this article, we review aspects relating to the attractiveness of India for information technology offshore - outsourcing. Our starting point is that, indeed, India will remain competitive in the short-medium term. However, more importantly, we move on to argue that country attractiveness is becoming a less important issue. We consider an alternative approach to analyze country attractive in which the client's strategic intent behind going offshore and the vendor's global dispersedness and its local knowledge define the attractiveness of the firm's offshoring strategy.

DOI

10.1057/jit.2008.17

Recommended Citation

Kotlarsky, Julia and Oshri, Ilan (2008) "Country Attractiveness for Offshoring and Offshore Outsourcing: Additional Considerations," Journal of Information Technology: Vol. 23: Iss. 4, Article 2.
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2008.17
Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jit/vol23/iss4/2