IT Outsourcing and Competitive Advantage: A Competency-based View
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The study reviews research on the impact of Information Technology (IT) outsourcing on developing organizational competitive advantage. The paper examines the impacts of outsourcing based on a competency-based model of sustainable competitive advantage. Both negative and positive impacts of outsourcing on three different types of organizational competency are explained and research questions for future exploration are offered.
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