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An Approach for Portfolio Selection in Multi-Vendor IT Outsourcing

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Fridgen, Gilbert ; Müller, Hanna-Vera:
An Approach for Portfolio Selection in Multi-Vendor IT Outsourcing.
In: 32th International Conference on Information Systems 2011 (ICIS 2011) : 4 - 7 December 2011, Shanghai, China. Volume 3. - Red Hook, NY : Curran , 2012 . - pp. 2380-2392
ISBN 978-1-61839-472-9

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Abstract in another language

Companies increasingly extend their outsourcing strategies from single-sourcing to multisourcing combining best-of-breed vendors. This paper includes an analytical model to evaluate a company’s multisourcing strategy. The model can be applied for decision support to answer the questions, how many and which outsourcing vendors to
integrate in the implementation of an IT project. We identify an optimal vendor portfolio considering monetary benefits and risk diversification as well as transaction costs arising from the integration and coordination of outsourcing vendors. Based upon a simulation, we find that it makes good economic sense to include a risk evaluation into the multisourcing decision process even if it is subject to misestimation. Therewith, companies are able to avoid unnecessary high risk and consequently a possible high damage. Furthermore, we find that it is better to be too cautious in risk assessment than to be too negligent.

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Item Type: Article in a book
Refereed: Yes
Additional notes: Kongress-Thema: East meets West: connectivity and collaboration through effective information systems
Keywords: Multisourcing, multi-vendor outsourcing, portfolio management, analytic model
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Professor Information Systems and Digital Energy Management
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Former Professors > Professor Information Systems and Sustainable IT Management - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gilbert Fridgen
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Fraunhofer Project Group Business and Information Systems Engineering
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > FIM Research Center Finance & Information Management
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Former Professors
Result of work at the UBT: No
DDC Subjects: 000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science
300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited: 31 Mar 2015 12:15
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2022 07:49
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7842