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Two typical but different patterns of information system (IS) outsourcing are considered to be the most effective approaches in supply-chain management. These are conventional outsourcing and quasi-outsourcing. The latter is more generally adopted in large-scale organizations in Japan. In order to design an effective strategy, we will identify the factors which will have an important impact on the performance of IS outsourcing. In this article, we review the relevant literature on IS outsourcing, and propose four hypotheses. We test these four hypotheses by logistic regression analysis based on our original questionnaire survey of Japanese companies in order to find the relationship between IS outsourcing and its determinants. Finally, the implications of this study are discussed. Therefore, this article provides an empirical perspective to identify the determinants of conventional outsourcing versus quasi-outsourcing in Japan.
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Matsuno S, Ito T, Xia Z (2009) An empirical investigation of the determinants of IS outsourcing in Japan. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB’09), Beppu, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, pp 646–649
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This work was presented in part at the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, February 5–7, 2009
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Matsuno, S., Ito, T. & Xia, Z. Determinants of information systems outsourcing: an empirical investigation in Japan. Artif Life Robotics 14, 337–341 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0677-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-009-0677-y