The TCE-RBV Framework for Information Systems Outsourcing: Empirical Testing using Survey Data in Japan

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10.2991/jrnal.2016.3.3.14How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Information systems outsourcing, Make-or-buy decisions, Transaction cost economics, Resource-based view

Abstract

This paper investigates the factors that influence the motives of make-or-buy decisions on information systems from the viewpoints of Transaction cost economics (TCE) and the resource-based view (RBV). Using our original questionnaire survey data carried out in 2007 targeting Japanese firms, we analyze the relationships between the recognition related to the role of their information systems and the pattern of their make-or-buy decisions. As a result, we make it clear that there are two cases in which TCE-motive and RBV-motive are complement or contradictory each other. And in latter case, TCE-motive tends to dominate over RBV-motive. Finally, the implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Seigo Matsuno
AU  - Shin-ya Tagawa
AU  - Yasuo Uchida
AU  - Tsutomu Ito
AU  - Takao Ito
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/12/01
TI  - The TCE-RBV Framework for Information Systems Outsourcing: Empirical Testing using Survey Data in Japan
JO  - Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life
SP  - 205
EP  - 208
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
SN  - 2352-6386
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2016.3.3.14
DO  - 10.2991/jrnal.2016.3.3.14
ID  - Matsuno2016
ER  -