Implementing Global Business Services in a Plural Sourcing Context: Conceptualizing Modes of Service Governance

Albert Plugge*, Shahrokh Nikou

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    To increase organizational responsiveness, firms nowadays seek various approaches in delivering global shared business services. Today, global operating firms apply a plural sourcing model that consists of both in-house and outsourced business services. As such, service governance is needed to manage interdependencies between vendors, both in-house and outsourced. However, as far as we know no study has yet addressed how global business services are governed within the context of plural sourcing. We conducted 68 semi-structured interviews with executive management of international firms and distributed a survey questionnaire to explore service governance modes. As a result, we identify five service governance modes: regional, global, centralized, de-centralized and multifunctional. Our paper contributes to research on global business services and plural sourcing by exploring various service governance modes. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
    OriginalspråkEngelska
    Titel på värdpublikationProceedings of the 54th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2021
    Undertitel på värdpublikationHICSS 2021
    RedaktörerTung X. Bui
    FörlagIEEE
    Sidor5944-5953
    Antal sidor10
    ISBN (elektroniskt)978-0-9981331-4-0
    StatusPublicerad - 5 jan. 2021
    MoE-publikationstypA4 Artikel i en konferenspublikation
    EvenemangHawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) - HAWAII, USA
    Varaktighet: 5 jan. 20218 jan. 2021
    https://hicss.hawaii.edu

    Publikationsserier

    NamnProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
    Volym2020-January
    ISSN (tryckt)1530-1605

    Konferens

    KonferensHawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
    Förkortad titelHICSS 2021
    Land/TerritoriumUSA
    Period05/01/2108/01/21
    Internetadress

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