Synching or sinking: global software outsourcing relationships

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Authors

Richard Heeks · University of Manchester

Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna · Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Abstract

Global software outsourcing is the outsourcing of software development to subcontractors outside the client organization's home country, India is the leading GSO subcontractor, registering average annual growth of more than 40 percent over the last decade and developing nearly US$4 billion in software for foreign clients in FY 1999. Indian firms now develop software for nearly one-third of the Fortune 5002. The authors investigate the strategies that differentiate successful and unsuccessful value chain moves.

Topics & Keywords

Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management Innovation and Knowledge Management International Business and FDI

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: IEEE Software

Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 54-60

DOI: 10.1109/52.914744

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