Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: This paper describes how IS offshoring organisations are changing in response to increased\nglobalisation of the practice of software development. It posits the emergence of a new form of multinational enterprise (MNE), described in this paper as a ‘modern heterarchy’, from the construct of the\nheterarchy originally developed by Gunnar Hedlund in 1986. The paper draws on theoretical\nantecedents in the discipline of international business studies, and is supported by empirical data\ngathered from two extended case studies of offshore IS projects. The research uses grounded theory\ntechniques for the collection and analysis of data, and has particular value for IS practitioners in\noffshore IS MNEs.
Authors: Brian Gannon, Darrell M. Wilson
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1545278009