Making Sense of the Sourcing and Shoring Maze: The Various Outsourcing &

Offshoring Alternatives.

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Citation:

Chakrabarty, S. 2006. Making Sense of the Sourcing and Shoring Maze: The
Various Outsourcing & Offshoring Alternatives. In H. S. Kehal, & V. P.
Singh (Eds.), Outsourcing & Offshoring in the 21st Century: A socio
economic perspective, 1 ed.: 18-53. Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing.

Abstract:

Many terminologies have grown out of the outsourcing and offshoring

bandwagon. While the corporate world continues to experience these
phenomena, the academic world continues to research the same. An attempt has
been made to give an overview of the various alternatives in sourcing maze. We
first discuss the basic sourcing strategies (insourcing and outsourcing) and the
shoring strategies (onshoring and offshoring). We then move deep and wide into
the maze and unravel the multiple alternatives that businesses exercise in order
to get the best deal for their information system (IS) needs. Approximately 50
terminologies that are related to this growing maze have been discussed. The
literature was scanned for various sourcing alternatives and terminologies. The
purpose of this chapter is to compile and elucidate the various facets of domestic
and global sourcing of IS needs. The reader will gain holistic perspective of a
phenomenon that is continuously changing the way business is carried out
globally.

Author: Subrata Chakrabarty

Year: 2006
Title: Making Sense of the Sourcing and Shoring Maze: The Various Outsourcing &
Offshoring Alternatives
Keywords:
Application Service Provision, Application Service Providing, ASP, Backsourcing, Benefit based relationships, Body Shop
Outsourcing, Business benefit contracting, Business Process Outsourcing, BPO, Business Strategy, Complex sourcing, Cooperative
Sourcing, Co-sourcing, Contracting-out, Corporate Strategy, Creative Contracting, Cross-functional Teams, Distributed Consulting,
Domestic Insourcing, Domestic Outsourcing, Domestic Sourcing, Dual sourcing, Dyadic outsourcing arrangement, Equity holdings,
Facilities Management, Facilities Sharing, Flexible Sourcing, General outsourcing, Global Delivery, Global IT Management, Global
Insourcing, Global Outsourcing, Global Sourcing, Information Industry, Information Systems, Information Technology, Insource,
Insourcing, IT Strategy, Joint Ventures, Managed Offshore Facilities, Managerial Control, Modular Sourcing, Multi-National
Corporation, Multinational Corporations, Multi-sourcing, Multiple supplier sourcing, Multi-vendor outsourcing, Net Sourcing,
Offshore, Offshoring, Offshore Insourcing, Offshore Outsourcing, On Demand, Onshore, Onshoring, Onshore Insourcing, Onshore
Outsourcing, Outsource, Outsourcing, Out tasking, Partner Firms, Partnerships, Project Management Outsourcing, Real Time
delivery, Relationship Building, Right Sourcing, Selective Sourcing, Smart Sourcing, Software as a service, Software Industry, Spin
offs, Strategic alliances, Strategic Planning, Strategic sourcing, Tactical Outsourcing, Total Insourcing, Total Outsourcing,
Traditional Outsourcing, Trading Partners, Transformational Outsourcing, Transitional Outsourcing, Virtual Corporation, Virtual
Organizations, Virtual Teams, Value-added outsourcing
Chakrabarty, S. 2006. Making Sense of the Sourcing and Shoring
Maze: The Various Outsourcing & Offshoring Alternatives. In H.
S. Kehal, & V. P. Singh (Eds.), Outsourcing & Offshoring in
the 21st Century: A socio economic perspective, 1 ed.:
18-53. Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing
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The Various Outsourcing & Offshoring Alternatives. In H. S.
Kehal, & V. P. Singh (Eds.), Outsourcing & Offshoring in the
21st Century: A socio economic perspective, 1 ed.: 18-53.
Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing
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