Download or read book Information Systems and Outsourcing written by M. Lacity and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-11-19 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at nearly 20 years of theoretical and practical research on IT outsourcing. The book explores how good IT outsourcing theories shape practice and how effective IT outsourcing practices inform theory. It highlights the importance of examining theories borrowed from economics, strategy, and sociology to study IT outsourcing.