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Netsourcing strategies for vendors: a resource-based and transaction cost economics perspective

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This paper discusses Netsourcing strategies for vendors, a little explored area of outsourcing research, using both a resource-based (RBV) perspective and a transaction cost economics (TCE) perspective. Using both theories and an infrastructural view of Information Technology service, we present a conceptual model of vendor sourcing decisions. We then present a number of propositions based on case studies of vendor decisions. Finally we conclude by discussing the theoretical contribution of RBV and TCE and, crucially, the value of combining both theories for the study of Netsourcing, and for other areas of IS research.

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Table A1 Interviews conducted for data collection
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Table A2

Table A2 The sourcing modes of the Data Storage layer in the studied cases
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Table A3 The sourcing modes of the server layer in the studied cases
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Table A4 The sourcing modes of the network layer in the studied cases
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Table A5 The sourcing modes of the application layer in the studied cases
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Table A6 Summary of the sourcing modes for the different Netsourcing layers
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Tebboune, S., Urquhart, C. Netsourcing strategies for vendors: a resource-based and transaction cost economics perspective. J Inf Technol 31, 32–47 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1057/jit.2015.20

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