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Christoph Mueller-Bloch
L’esprit pionnier
COURSE CONTENT—TOPIC AREAS AND SESSIONS
Part Topic
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LEARNING GOALS
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HOW THIS SESSION WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED IN YOUR CAREER
• “Cloud computing”
= No.1 high income skill (Linkedin,
Most in-demand skills)
• Business relationship
management
=essential skill for digital
transformation (State of the CIO 2019,
McKinsey article)
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Outsourcing—
Characteristics &
Types
What is (out-)sourcing?
WHAT IS OUTSOURCING
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IS OUTSOURCING: GENERAL DEFINITION
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WHY DO FIRMS OUTSOURCE?
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RELEVANCE OF OUTSOURCING: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
SERVICES SPENDING FORECAST WORLDWIDE FROM 2008 TO 2024
1,800
1,585
1,600
1,421
1,400 1,306
Spending in billion U.S. dollars
1,208
1,200
1,071
1,032
993
1,000 906 922 931
897 894
866
804.5 824.4
763.1 784.9
800
600
400
200
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* 2024*
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Traditional
outsourcing
OUTSOURCING
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RECENT SOURCING DECISIONS—OUTSOURCING APPLICATION SERVICES
http://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/hcl-technologies-
bags-250-300-mn-outsourcing-deal-from-ubs-112031400130_1.html
• Contract volume: CHF ~300 million
• Employees involved: 1000 at HCL Technologies
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Nearshoring and
offshoring
OFFSHORING VERSUS NEARSHORING
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OFFSHORING & NEARSHORING: MOTIVATION AND CHALLENGES
Motivation
• Reduced labor costs
• Access to qualified labor
• Higher flexibility
Challenges
• Client extra costs (transaction costs for knowledge transfer,
specification of tasks)
• Cultural, language, time differences
• Legal restrictions on exporting/importing technologies
• Legal restrictions on transmission of data across borders
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Cloudsourcing
CLOUD COMPUTING
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SIZE OF THE CLOUD SOURCING SERVICES MARKET FROM 2009 TO
2024
800
700 678.8
600
563.6
Market in billion U.S. dollars
500 478.3
412.6
400
314.0
300
242.7
219.6
196.7
200 175
154 145.3
130.7
110.27
92.97
100 76.94
58.6
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023* 2024*
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DISTRIBUTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING MARKET REVENUES
WORLDWIDE FROM 2015 TO 2022, BY VENDOR*
Microsoft Amazon IBM Salesforce Google Oracle Alibaba NTT Electronic Arts Fujitsu Other
2015
2016
2022
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CLOUD COMPUTING
Software-as-a-Service
Platform-as-a-Service
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
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CLOUDSOURCING MARKET REVENUE WORLDWIDE FROM 2016 TO
2021, BY SEGMENT
500
450
282.7
400
350
Spending in billion U.S. dollars
300 197.6
250
148.5
200
123.9
150
70.1
100.38
100 47.6
61.11 35.9 91.5
50 67.2
25.8
18.05 49
11.57 35.4
0 17.8 24.81
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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THE DARK SIDE OF CLOUD COMPUTING—ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Source: Science
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IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT:
Sustainability of Cloud
Computing
MORE RECENT DATA
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How to make
outsourcing a
success?
THREE DRIVERS OF IS OUTSOURCING SUCCESS
Sophistication of
Sourcing Decision
Sophistication of
Outsourcing Success
Vendor Selection
Quality of Governance
- Contractual Governance
- Relational Governance
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Governance
Mechanisms
OUTSOURCING GOVERNANCE—KEY CHALLENGE
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OUTSOURCING GOVERNANCE—CONTRACTUAL AND RELATIONAL
Contractual governance
Action Foundation
Relational governance
Action Foundation
• Trust
Informal control (e.g.,
• Relational norms
client manager
(e.g., knowledge
articulates expectations
exchange)
in informal meetings)
• Commitment
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GENERIC TYPES OF OUTSOURCING CONTRACTS
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT CONTRACT TYPE
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT CONTRACT DESIGN?
Legend:
(++) more than 80% of evidence positive and significant
(+) 60% to 80% of evidence positive and significant
(- -) more than 80% of evidence negative and signiticant
(-) 60% to 80% of evidence negative and signiticant
(MM) More than 80% of evidence suggests variable matters
(MR) mixed results Source: Lacity et al. (2010)
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HOW DO I DESIGN DETAILED CONTRACTS? 3 CONTRACT ELEMENTS
Foundation Governance
Change Characteristics
Characteristics Characteristics
What tasks are part of the How will tasks evolve in What are the
outsourcing deal? Who is the future? communication processes,
responsible for doing measurements, penalties,
what? dispute resolution and exit
options?
Service level objectives Future demand Communication plan
Process ownership plan management plan Measurement charter
Service level contents Anticipated change plan Conflict arbitration charter
Feedback plan Enforcement plan
Innovation plan
Contractual governance
Action Foundation
Relational governance
Action Foundation
• Trust
Informal control (e.g.,
• Relational norms
client manager
(e.g., knowledge
articulates expectations
exchange)
in informal meetings)
• Committment
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RELATIONAL GOVERNANCE
Legend:
(++) more than 80% of evidence positive and significant
(+) 60% to 80% of evidence positive and significant
(- -) more than 80% of evidence negative and signiticant
(-) 60% to 80% of evidence negative and signiticant
(MM) More than 80% of evidence suggests variable matters
(MR) mixed results Source: Lacity et al. (2010)
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EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF CONTRACTUAL AND RELATIONAL
GOVERNANCE
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IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT:
Contractual and Relational
Governance
Summary & conclusion
SUMMARY
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