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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337814103321

Autore

Lioliou Eleni

Titolo

Global Outsourcing Discourse : Exploring Modes of IT Governance / / by Eleni Lioliou, Leslie P. Willcocks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783319740454

3319740458

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 292 p. 6 illus.)

Collana

Technology, Work and Globalization, , 2730-6631

Disciplina

658.4

Soggetti

Corporate governance

Business information services

Linguistics - Methodology

Corporate Governance

IT in Business

Research Methods in Language and Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Exploring Outsourcing, Governance and Discourse -- The Study of Information Technology Outsourcing -- Inside Global Offshore Outsourcing in Insurance -- Inside Global Outsourcing in Banking and Finance -- Inside Domestic Outsourcing with Multiple Suppliers -- The Transaction Costs Economics Discourse -- A Foucauldian Discourse Perspective -- Conclusion: The Global Outsourcing Discourse.

Sommario/riassunto

The aim of this book is to investigate the discursive power of two original, theoretical lenses when applied to real outsourcing arrangements and phenomena. The Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Foucauldian perspectives are brought to bear on five outsourcing relationships in order to test the application of these discourses to rich qualitative data over the outsourcing contractual life-cycle. This will be the first study illustrating the relevance of Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, discourse and power relations to the study of outsourcing arrangements, and will also incorporate the perspectives of both client and supplier organizations. Using discourse analysis, the



objective is to critically deconstruct and provide fresh insight into the normative 'outsourcing' discourse that has grown up around global sourcing practices over the last 30 years.