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Software Development Outsourcing

Software Development Outsourcing is a governance mechanism in IT sourcing that involves the delegation of software design, development, and maintenance activities to external third-party providers, distinguished from internal development by the formal contractual transfer of development responsibilities and accountability outside the originating organization.

257

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13.5K

Citations

519

Authors

283

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

41

Variants

Software Outsourcing

Parents

Publications

257

Portfolios of Control in Outsourced Software Development Projects

Vivek Choudhury, Rajiv Sabherwal · Information Systems Research · 2003 · 621 citations

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Managing cross-cultural issues in global software outsourcing

Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna, Sundeep Sahay, Geoff Walsham · Communications of the ACM · 2004 · 530 citations

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Explaining Variations in Client Extra Costs between Software Projects Offshored to India

Jens Dibbern, Jessica K. Winkler, Armin Heinzl · MADOC (University of Mannheim) · 2015 · 463 citations · Full text

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The Indian software industry and its evolving service capability

Suma Athreye · Industrial and Corporate Change · 2005 · 291 citations

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Synching or sinking: global software outsourcing relationships

Richard Heeks, Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna, B. Nicholsen et al. · IEEE Software · 2001 · 285 citations · Full text

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Authors

519

  1. SU
    Siffat Ullah Khan

    University of Malakand, Pakistan

    20 publications · 980 citations

    16

    h-index

  2. MN
    Mahmood Niazi

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

    11 publications · 786 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. SA
    Sikandar Ali

    China University of Petroleum, Beijing, China

    9 publications · 332 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. SB
    Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna

    Durban University of Technology, South Africa

    6 publications · 1K citations

    6

    h-index

  5. IR
    Ita Richardson

    University of Limerick, Ireland

    6 publications · 343 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5 of 519

Institutions

283

  1. University of Malakand

    Malakand, Pakistan

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    1K citations

  2. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

    Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Limerick

    Limerick, Ireland

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    747 citations

  4. Blekinge Institute of Technology

    Karlskrona, Sweden

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    653 citations

  5. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    436 citations

  6. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    719 citations

  7. King Saud University

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    491 citations

  8. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

    Bengaluru, India

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Software

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

    h-index

  2. IEEE Access

    8 publications · 289 citations

    8

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  3. MIS Quarterly

    7 publications · 529 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Information and Software Technology

    7 publications · 761 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. Journal of Systems and Software

    JSS · 6 publications · 476 citations

    6

    h-index

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