Comparative analysis between the public and private sectors on the IS/IT outsourcing practices in a developing country: a field study

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulwahed Khalfan ◽  
Tom G. Gough
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public

Sourcing Practices

2006 ◽  
pp. 187-199
Author(s):  
Petter Gottschalk
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
It Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Price Performance ◽  
It Support

The rapidly increasing use of outsourcing for IT services, both in the public and private sectors, has attracted much interest from researchers and practitioners alike. While early studies of IT outsourcing were largely qualitative in nature, more recent studies have attempted to analyze the outcomes achieved in quantitative terms. Domberger et al. (2000) are consistent with the latter, but goes further by modeling the price, performance, and contract characteristics that are relevant to IT outsourcing. A two-equation recursive regression model was used to analyze 48 contracts for IT support and maintenance.

Barriers to BIM implementation strategies in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijun Zhou ◽  
Yu Yang ◽  
Jyh-Bin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organizational Issues

Purpose Effective BIM application hinges on the development of appropriate strategies for its implementation. Though some strategies have been deployed to facilitate BIM implementation in China, their outcomes are not clear. The purpose of this paper is to provide recommendations regarding appropriate strategies for promoting the development and implementation of BIM in China based on lessons learned from advanced implementation experiences in other countries. Design/methodology/approach First, existing strategies are investigated and barriers to BIM implementation mentioned in previous studies are summarized. Then, the identified barriers are mapped to the strategy contents. Finally, a comparative analysis on different areas is conducted to propose suggestions for identified items of BIM implementation strategies that need to be improved. Findings Six unaddressed barriers to BIM implementation strategies in China were identified from the mapping results: insufficient government lead/direction, organizational issues, legal issues, high cost of application, resistance to change of thinking mode and insufficient external motivation. Originality/value The findings of this study can be used to facilitate the development of appropriate strategies within the public and private sectors for promoting BIM implementation in China and elsewhere.

Conflicts of Interest in Sport: A Comparative Analysis of International and European Remedies

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-224
Author(s):  
Antonio Di Marco
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Social Function ◽  
International Level ◽  
Private Governance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Pyramid Structure ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
The Individual

This research studies the management of conflicts of interest in sporting context, trough a comparative analysis of the current wave of reforms at national and international level. It suggests that the notion of conflict of interests in sport is wholly specific and it requires particular remedies, illustrating potential convergences with the public and private governance practices. Firstly, the paper identifies the endemic conflicts of interest due to the specific pyramid structure of sports movement, and the individual conflicts of interest that could occur in sporting organisations. Secondly, it detects the solution foreseen by the European authorities and the recent reforms concerning the sporting organizations adopted at national and international level. The study shows the elements that characterize conflicts of interest in sporting context, identifying convergences, limits, and the specific solutions suggested by the ethical and social function of sport.

Politics, Markets, and the Organization of Schools

1988 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 1065-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Chubb ◽  
Terry M. Moe
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Private Schools ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
National Study ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Teacher Survey ◽  
Characteristic Methods ◽  
Hierarchic System

We offer a comparative analysis of public and private schools, presenting data from a new national study—the Administrator and Teacher Survey—that expands on the pathbreaking High School and Beyond survey. We find that public and private schools are distinctively different in environment and organization. Most importantly, private schools are more likely to possess the characteristics widely believed to produce effectiveness. We argue throughout that the differences across the sectors are anchored in the logic of politics and markets. This argument derives from our belief that environmental context has pervasive consequences for the organization and operation of all schools and specifically that the key differences between public and private environments—and thus between public and private schools—derive from their characteristic methods of social control: the public schools are subordinates in a hierarchic system of democratic politics, whereas private schools are largely autonomous actors “controlled” by the market.

Modelling the Price, Performance and Contract Characteristics of it Outsourcing

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Domberger ◽  
Patrick Fernandez ◽  
Denzil G Fiebig
Keyword(s):  
It Outsourcing ◽  
It Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
The Public ◽  
Competitive Tendering ◽  
It Service ◽  
Price Performance ◽  
It Support ◽  
Improved Performance

The rapidly increasing use of outsourcing for IT services, both in the public and private sectors, has attracted much interest from researchers and practitioners alike. While early studies of IT outsourcing were largely qualitative in nature, more recent studies have attempted to analyse the outcomes achieved in quantitative terms. This paper is consistent with the latter, but goes further by modelling the price, performance and contract characteristics that are relevant to IT outsourcing. A two-equation recursive regression model was used to analyse 48 contracts for IT support and maintenance. The results did not reveal any quantitatively significant price-performance trade-off, but did suggest that first-term contracts (i.e. the first ever contract awarded by a client for the provision of a particular IT service) were more expensive than repeat contracts. Although competitive tendering did not result in lower prices than directly negotiated contracts, it was associated with comparatively better performance. Well-defined expectations of an organization's IT requirements were also likely to lead to improved performance when the service was outsourced.

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