Factors influencing co-operation term of information technology outsourcing

Abstract

Scientific studies usually include different aspects of management relations in IT outsourcings while the author of this article expands the research field by analysing the factors which influence IT outsourcing term and relationship between a customer and a supplier. Data for the research has been collected using the analysis of the scientific literature, previous research and statistical data. The author also discusses practical application and co-operation. What is the role of information technologies encouraging outsourcings in the activities of production companies? How does the outsourced production process influence company’s business? This article is aimed at dealing with these topical issues while analyzing the strategies of information technologies and companies when they choose outsourcing services. Outsourcings have become one of the strategies used by business companies to manage their information technologies. Use of outsourcing has encouraged appearance of the related scientific literature during the last few years. That is why the author of this article has analysed the literature with a view to identify the most important topics and methods, applied by different authors and countries in the field of IT outsourcing. The author also makes some suggestions how to improve research in this field. The article contains the review of the articles on IT outsourcings published in leading jourmals of economics.