Some Fundamental Perspectives

Managing Successful IT Outsourcing Relationships ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-760-7.ch002 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 28-70

Author(s):

P. Gottschalk

Keyword(s):

It Outsourcing ◽

Value Chains ◽

Electronic Business ◽

Value Proposition ◽

Value Networks ◽

Role Of It ◽

Infrastructure Services

In this chapter, we cover some topics that contribute to a broader understanding of the role of IT outsourcing. We start by presenting value configurations consisting of primary and secondary activities in order to understand the role of IS/IT in different value configurations such as value chains, value shops, and value networks. Next, we look at electronic business infrastructure, where the extent of IT outsourcing can be determined by choosing from a list of 70 infrastructure services. E-business has a double role here, as an outsourced IT function more and more will be handled electronically. This means that the transactions between vendor and client after outsourcing will be conducted as electronic business. Third, we present a vendor value proposition that explains why a vendor may create value for the client because of its complementary competencies. Then, we look at IT function organization, outsourcing performance, and successful relationships. We conclude this chapter by discussing opportunities and threats in IT outsourcing.

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The Role of Value Networks in the Design of Mobile Platforms

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Approaches and Processes for Managing the Economics of Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4983-5.ch008 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 123-137

Author(s):

Mutaz M. Al-Debei ◽

Anas Aloudat ◽

Enas Al-Lozi ◽

Mohammad Mourhaf Al Asswad

Keyword(s):

Mobile Network ◽

Value Chains ◽

Telecommunication Industry ◽

Mobile Telecommunication ◽

Mobile Platforms ◽

Value Drivers ◽

Value Networks ◽

Value Network ◽

Knowledge Domains

Unlike the simple mobile voice service, which is normally designed and developed by the telecom itself, the development of mobile data services and platforms, due to their complexity, usually requires a collaboration and cooperation amongst many actors within and outside the mobile telecommunication industry such as mobile network operators, content providers, content aggregators, payment gateways, regulatory commissions, and others. The actors usually form the so-called value network in which each actor complements others and adds important value elements to the final value proposition given that actors have different knowledge domains, backgrounds, and expertise. Contrasting value chains where the relationships amongst different parties are to some extent simple and linear, the relationships linking actors in value networks are mainly complex and non-linear, and such relationships had led to a shift from forming value chains to creating value networks in many digital economies such as the mobile telecommunication industry. Although it is argued that designing powerful value networks is critical to the success of mobile platforms, very limited research can be found on explaining and proving this argument. As such, this chapter intuitively utilizes a methodical approach to explain the role of value networks in the design of successful mobile platforms. This chapter demonstrates, through the case of iPhone, how a powerful and well-designed value network is a critical enabler of innovations in the mobile telecommunications industry. Further, the chapter argues that cohesion, fitting network-mode, uniqueness, and dynamicity are four key value drivers of powerful value networks.

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The role of IT human capability in the knowledge transfer process in IT outsourcing context

Information & Management ◽

10.1016/j.im.2011.01.001 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 53-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Joo Yeon Park ◽

Kun Shin Im ◽

Joon S. Kim

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Transfer Process ◽

It Outsourcing ◽

Human Capability ◽

Role Of It

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Sourcing Markets

E-Business Strategy, Sourcing and Governance ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-004-2.ch010 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 171-186

Author(s):

Petter Gottschalk

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Cost Reduction ◽

Business Models ◽

It Outsourcing ◽

Electronic Business ◽

It Infrastructure ◽

Technology Infrastructure ◽

Information Technology Infrastructure ◽

Outsourcing Contracts ◽

Infrastructure Services

According to Gartner (2004b), IT infrastructure consolidation and standardization characterized the largest multibillion IT outsourcing contracts during 2003 and 2004 and are expected to continue for the next several years. These contracts are not just exercises in cost reduction necessitated by economic doldrums, but they are also intended to advance clients toward becoming enterprises that are more efficient. The foundation of an IT portfolio is the firm’s information technology infrastructure. This internal IT infrastructure is composed of four elements as was illustrated in Figure 2.3. The presentation of Weill and Vitale’s (2002) work on infrastructure services indicated the number and complexity of services that constitute the IT infrastructure in an organization to enable electronic business. Successfully implementing e-business initiatives depends on having the necessary IT infrastructure in place. E-business initiatives can be decomposed into their underlying atomic e-business models, which can have quite different IT infrastructure requirements.

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The Value Proposition of Captive Offshore Development Centers: Exploring the Role of IT Capabilities and Antecedent Factors

2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ◽

10.1109/hicss.2012.590 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

S. Balaji ◽

Donald R. Chand ◽

Gary C. David

Keyword(s):

Value Proposition ◽

It Capabilities ◽

Offshore Development ◽

Role Of It

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Management of IT Outsourcing in the Slovenian Public Sector – Material and Procedural Aspects

Central European Public Administration Review ◽

10.17573/cepar.v10i1.196 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dalibor Stanimirović ◽

Mirko Vintar

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Success Factors ◽

It Outsourcing ◽

International Studies ◽

The Public ◽

Critical Success ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Contextual Framework ◽

Role Of It

Public sector management in Slovenia has been following the trends in information technology (IT) outsourcing since the mid-nineties of the last century. Being aware of the complex role of IT in modern public sector organizations and its ubiquitous implications, the paper focuses on in-depth analysis of the critical success factors, benefits and risks within the concept of IT outsourcing, while employing the international studies and primarily the results of own research examining the current situation and identifying the main drivers for IT outsourcing in Slovenian municipalities. The paper additionally analyses the material, procedural and other relevant aspects within the process of IT outsourcing, provides an overview of its potentially positive and negative implications and eventually presents a contextual framework for management of IT outsourcing along with applicable guidelines for effective utilization and implementation of IT outsourcing in the public sector.

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Role of IT in HRM: Opportunities and Challenges

PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ◽

10.15373/22501991/apr2014/51 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 159-160

Author(s):

Megha Vashishth ◽

Keyword(s):

Role Of It

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Turning data into reality

10.24868/issn.2515-818x.2018.056 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

S Leinster-Evans ◽

J Newell ◽

S Luck

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Mixed Reality ◽

Training System ◽

Value Proposition ◽

Immersive Environments ◽

Training Environment ◽

Service Support ◽

Rich Data ◽

And Training

This paper looks to expand on the INEC 2016 paper ‘The future role of virtual reality within warship support solutions for the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers’ presented by Ross Basketter, Craig Birchmore and Abbi Fisher from BAE Systems in May 2016 and the EAAW VII paper ‘Testing the boundaries of virtual reality within ship support’ presented by John Newell from BAE Systems and Simon Luck from BMT DSL in June 2017. BAE Systems and BMT have developed a 3D walkthrough training system that supports the teams working closely with the QEC Aircraft Carriers in Portsmouth and this work was presented at EAAW VII. Since then this work has been extended to demonstrate the art of the possible on Type 26. This latter piece of work is designed to explore the role of 3D immersive environments in the development and fielding of support and training solutions, across the range of support disciplines. The combined team are looking at how this digital thread leads from design of platforms, both surface and subsurface, through build into in-service support and training. This rich data and ways in which it could be used in the whole lifecycle of the ship, from design and development (used for spatial acceptance, HazID, etc) all the way through to operational support and maintenance (in conjunction with big data coming off from the ship coupled with digital tech docs for maintenance procedures) using constantly developing technologies such as 3D, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality, will be proposed. The drive towards gamification in the training environment to keep younger recruits interested and shortening course lengths will be explored. The paper develops the options and looks to how this technology can be used and where the value proposition lies.

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POLIVARIABILITY OF THE BASTARD MOTIF IN THE SHORT STORIES BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT: CHARACTER IN SEARCH OF SELF-IDENTIFICATION

LITERARY PROCESS methodology names trends ◽

10.28925/2412-2475.2018.11.2027 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 20-27

Author(s):

Oksana Galchuk

Keyword(s):

Short Stories ◽

Short Story ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Point Of View ◽

Guy De Maupassant ◽

Traditional Values ◽

The Social ◽

Role Of It ◽

Structural Methods

The theme of illegitimacy Guy de Maupassant evolved in his works this article perceives as one of the factors of the author’s concept of a person and the plane of intersection of the most typical motifs of his short stories. The study of the author’s concept of a person through the prism of polivariability of the motif of a bastard is relevant in today’s revision of traditional values, transformation of the usual social institutions and search for identities, etc. The purpose of the study is to give a definition to the existence specifics of the bastard motif in the Maupassant’s short stories by using historical and literary, comparative, structural methods of analysis as dominant. To do this, I analyze the content, variability and the role of this motive in the formation of the Maupassant’s concept of a person, the author’s innovations in its interpretation from the point of view of literary diachrony. Maupassant interprets the bastard motif in the social, psychological and metaphorical-symbolic sense. For the short stories with the presentation of this motif, I suggest the typology based on the role of it in the structure of the work and the ideological and thematic content: the short stories with a motif-fragment, the ones with the bastard’s leitmotif and the group where the bastard motif becomes a central theme. The Maupassant’s interpretation of the bastard motif combines the general tendencies of its existence in the world’s literary tradition and individual reading. The latter is the result of the author’s understanding of the relevant for the era issues: the transformation of the family model, the interest in the theory of heredity, the strengthening of atheistic sentiments, the growth of frustration in the system of traditional social and moral values etc. This study sets the ground for a prospective analysis of the evolution the bastard motif in the short-story collections of different years or a comparative study of the motif in short stories and novels by Maupassant.

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