Journal
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
Volume 43, Issue 7, Pages 861-873Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2006.08.002
Keywords
IT outsourcing; E-business projects; E-commerce projects; event study methodology; content analysis methodology; sourcing strategic intent; project execution swiftness; project task complexity; IT capabilities; software risk management
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Stock markets have reacted favorably to firms who announced their implementation of E-business projects for commercial exploitation. Those that outsourced E-business projects in order to achieve swift execution also achieved abnormal positive returns. Contrary to expectations, outsourcing E-business projects with high task complexity also led to positive results. We analyzed the process and found that these three factors explained more than 20% of the variance in abnormal returns. The results were obtained from an event study of 96 E-business-related announcements, including those made by firms in the S&P500 index during 1999-2002. This paper contains information that should therefore help firms identify E-business projects for outsourcing. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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