Critical Success Factors

2010 ◽  
pp. 54-74
Author(s):  
Hans Solli-Sæther ◽  
Petter Gottschalk
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Research Question ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
Electronic Business ◽  
It Services ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Business To Business

We have identified a total of eleven theories that help explain why IT outsourcing is occurring worldwide. These theories were presented in the previous Chapter 2. Based on these theories, we develop eleven critical success factors in IT outsourcing, one for each theory. These factors are presented in the first section of this chapter. We developed the following research question: How do practitioners rank critical success factors based on outsourcing theories? To study this research question, we developed a survey instrument and conducted a survey among business organizations. Results from this survey and discussion of the findings are presented. In the second section of this chapter, we conceptualize the outsourcing of IT services as an electronic business activity, where the vendor electronically provides IT services to the client. The idea is that the purchasing of IT services is a business-to-business (B2B) relationship, which leads to outsourcing implications in terms of services that the vendor has to provide to its customers. Thus, we will in the second section look at critical success factors in electronic business infrastructure as an example of issues that need to be addressed.

Critical success factors for Lean implementation in IT outsourcing relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 715-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Blijleven ◽  
Yiwei Gong ◽  
Afshin Mehrsai ◽  
Kitty Koelemeijer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
It Outsourcing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
It Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Lean Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Manufacturing Environments

PurposeFollowing positive results of Lean implementation in manufacturing environments, Lean has become an emerging philosophy for clients and suppliers of information technology (IT) services. However, how to implement Lean in IT outsourcing relationships has been addressed sparsely in academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to investigate critical success factors (CSFs) for implementing Lean in IT outsourcing relationships. Key findings, implications and avenues for future research are discussed.Design/methodology/approachSix IT outsourcing relationships were qualitatively investigated by means of 36 semi-structured interviews. CSFs were identified based on interview transcription analyses, selection techniques and expert reviews.FindingsIn total, 16 CSFs for Lean implementation in IT outsourcing relationships are identified and described.Practical implicationsThe CSFs presented in this paper indicate key areas that deserve managerial attention to steer Lean implementation efforts in IT outsourcing relationships in a favorable direction.Originality/valueThis study is the first to describe the phenomenon of “Lean IT outsourcing” and provides researchers and practitioners with a foundation to further examine Lean implementation in IT outsourcing relationships.

scholarly journals A Preliminary Systematic Performanceon Critical Success Factors Categories for Big Data Analytics

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2320-2324 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Data Driven Decisions

Big Data could be used in any industry to make effective data-driven decisions. The successful implementation of Big Data projects requires a combination of innovative technological, organizational, and processing approaches. Over the last decade, the research on Critical Success Factors (CSFs) within Big Data has developed rapidly but the number of available publications is still at a low level. Developing an understandingof the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and their categoriesare essential to support management in making effective data-driven decisions which could increase their returns on investments.There islimited research conducted on the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of Big DataAnalytics (BDA) development and implementation.This paper aims to provide more understanding about the availableCritical Success Factors (CSFs) categoriesfor Big Data Analytics implementation and answer the research question (RQ) “What are the existing categories of Critical Success Factors for Big Data Analytics”.Based on a preliminary Systematic Literature Review (SLR) for the available publications related to Big Data CSFs and their categories in the last twelve years (2007-2019),this paper identifiesfive categoriesfor Big Data AnalyticsCritical Success Factors(CSFs), namelyOrganization, People, Technology, Data Management, and Governance categories.

scholarly journals Driving the Transition to a Circular Economic Model: A Systematic Review on Drivers and Critical Success Factors in Circular Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10672
Author(s):  
Davide Aloini ◽  
Riccardo Dulmin ◽  
Valeria Mininno ◽  
Alessandro Stefanini ◽  
Pierluigi Zerbino
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Intergovernmental Organizations ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Critical Success

The circular economy (CE) is arising as a novel economic system that is restorative by design. In light of its capability to boost sustainable economic development and to cope with environmental challenges, it has recently attracted increasing attention from academics, practitioners, policymakers, and intergovernmental organizations. Despite the wide speculation on this issue, the scientific literature lacks a wide-ranging, systematic, and updated identification and classification of the main drivers and Critical Success Factors of CE initiatives, which appears increasingly necessary to facilitate future scientific work, practical implementations, and policy guidelines. With this aim, this paper develops a systematic literature review by starting with over 400 manuscripts. A final set of 55 selected papers was selected for singling out and classifying drivers and Critical Success Factors in the CE context. The results may provide clear indications for further research, may help business organizations in evaluating CE initiatives, and may guide policy makers in developing and refining CE normative frameworks.

scholarly journals An Examination of Independent Inventor Integration in Open Innovation

2012 ◽  
pp. 146-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Smeilus ◽  
Robert Harris ◽  
Andrew Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
New Product ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Innovation Model

Open Innovation allows independent inventors to become suppliers of new product ideas to businesses. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of independent inventor approaches, to companies operating Open Innovation mechanisms, result in a commercialised product. Preliminary Critical Success Factors proposed in the previous chapter seek to improve the ability of independent inventors to operate as effective suppliers of new product ideas to businesses through Open Innovation. This chapter will take the preliminary critical success factors proposed in the previous chapter and utilise them as priori constructs (Eisenhardt, 1989) as evidence is sought through case study for their presence or non-presence in a practical context. A case study on the Caparo RightFuel, an automotive device originating from an independent inventor and commercialised through an Open Innovation model, forms the basis of this chapter.

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