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Strategic Response to Institutional Influences on Information Systems Outsourcing
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1997 | Organization Science | Citations: 222
Authors: Ang, Soon; Cummings, Larry L.

Abstract: This paper underscores the importance of examining strategic response to institu ... Expand

Abstract: This paper underscores the importance of examining strategic response to institutional influences in light of hypercompetition. Focusing on the banking industry, which is hypercompetitive and high institutionalized, affords a unique opportunity to understand how individual corporations in such an industry respond strategically to institutional pressures. We examine critical contingencies arising from hypercompetition that moderate institutional influences on information systems outsourcing in commercial banks. Using data from 226 banks and hierarchical moderated regression analyses, we show that the propensity of banks to conform to or resist institutional pressures depends on the nature of institutional pressures, perceived gain in production economies, financial capacity to resist institutional influences, and transaction cost considerations. Collapse

Semantic filters: asset specificity information technology operation

Topics: outsourcing insourcing IS sourcing logistics management asset specificity

Methods: survey survey design regression analysis method chi squared test data transformation

Theories: institutional theory transaction cost economics organizational theory economic theory
Development of measures to assess dimensions of IS operation transactions
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1994 | International Conference on Information Systems | Citations: 8
Authors: Aubert, B.A.; Rivard, S.; Patry, M.

Abstract: Information Systems (IS) researchers often rely on organization economics models ... Expand

Abstract: Information Systems (IS) researchers often rely on organization economics models to describe and explain various lS management issues. While those models are found to be useful, measures are yet to be proposed to assess the dimensions of IS transactions. In this paper, we present the results of a study that was a first effort toward this end. The focus of the study was on one type of transaction, IS operations, in a particular management context, that of outsourcing. Measures were developed for four critical dimensions of IS operation transactions: asset specificity, measurement problem, origin of the most important investment, and governance mechanism. Data from 250 large Canadian firms were used to assess the measures, using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique. Collapse

Semantic filters: asset specificity information technology operation

Topics: asset specificity outsourcing missing data information technology operation IT manager

Methods: partial least squares regression survey descriptive statistic SEM tool literature study

Theories: agency theory transaction cost economics organizational theory

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Strategic Response to Institutional Influences on Information Systems Outsourcing

Development of measures to assess dimensions of IS operation transactions