{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2051298324","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2011010102","title":"Country Environments and the Adoption of IT Outsourcing","display_name":"Country Environments and the Adoption of IT Outsourcing","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2051298324","doi":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2011010102","mag":"2051298324"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.4018/jgim.2011010102","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2011010102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S83591844","display_name":"Journal of Global Information Management","issn_l":"1062-7375","issn":["1062-7375","1533-7995"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Global Information Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070616588","display_name":"Wen Guang Qu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1777-8658"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76130692","display_name":"Zhejiang University","ror":"https://ror.org/00a2xv884","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wen Guang Qu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zhejiang University, China","ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zhejiang University, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76130692"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081663247","display_name":"Alain Pinsonneault","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4347-8971"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5023651","display_name":"McGill University","ror":"https://ror.org/01pxwe438","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5023651"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alain Pinsonneault","raw_affiliation_strings":["McGill University, Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"McGill University, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5023651"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5697,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.84943752,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"1","first_page":"30","last_page":"50"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11912","display_name":"Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11912","display_name":"Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12392","display_name":"Sharing Economy and Platforms","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1406","display_name":"Marketing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10068","display_name":"Technology Adoption and User Behaviour","score":0.9822999835014343,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1802","display_name":"Information Systems and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/outsourcing","display_name":"Outsourcing","score":0.9376530647277832},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/opportunism","display_name":"Opportunism","score":0.790326714515686},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.7669500112533569},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maturity","display_name":"Maturity (psychological)","score":0.7482840418815613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-process-outsourcing","display_name":"Knowledge process outsourcing","score":0.7081181406974792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-organization","display_name":"Industrial organization","score":0.510817289352417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/capability-maturity-model","display_name":"Capability Maturity Model","score":0.42781662940979004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.4119972884654999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketing","display_name":"Marketing","score":0.403955340385437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.19774067401885986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/market-economy","display_name":"Market economy","score":0.13837453722953796}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46934059","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61515","display_name":"Outsourcing","level":2,"score":0.9376530647277832},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129631789","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334173","display_name":"Opportunism","level":2,"score":0.790326714515686},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.7669500112533569},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101433766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543263","display_name":"Maturity (psychological)","level":2,"score":0.7482840418815613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108474776","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2917279","display_name":"Knowledge process outsourcing","level":3,"score":0.7081181406974792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.510817289352417},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C85890633","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929673","display_name":"Capability Maturity Model","level":3,"score":0.42781662940979004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.4119972884654999},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.403955340385437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.19774067401885986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34447519","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179522","display_name":"Market economy","level":1,"score":0.13837453722953796},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.4018/jgim.2011010102","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2011010102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S83591844","display_name":"Journal of Global Information Management","issn_l":"1062-7375","issn":["1062-7375","1533-7995"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320424","host_organization_name":"IGI Global","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320424"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IGI Global"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Global Information Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:igg:jgim00:v:19:y:2011:i:1:p:30-50","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/jgim.2011010102","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":84,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W195989852","https://openalex.org/W1274995793","https://openalex.org/W1507922345","https://openalex.org/W1516798127","https://openalex.org/W1518792569","https://openalex.org/W1522302384","https://openalex.org/W1526313533","https://openalex.org/W1543801066","https://openalex.org/W1548771125","https://openalex.org/W1548829586","https://openalex.org/W1567411073","https://openalex.org/W1573353806","https://openalex.org/W1588001228","https://openalex.org/W1696601253","https://openalex.org/W1975554424","https://openalex.org/W1975680228","https://openalex.org/W1976035675","https://openalex.org/W1988612469","https://openalex.org/W1989855899","https://openalex.org/W1994197259","https://openalex.org/W1995415491","https://openalex.org/W1997612015","https://openalex.org/W1998120983","https://openalex.org/W1999059195","https://openalex.org/W2007417315","https://openalex.org/W2009041646","https://openalex.org/W2009088321","https://openalex.org/W2011896860","https://openalex.org/W2015930340","https://openalex.org/W2026004365","https://openalex.org/W2032759128","https://openalex.org/W2033361986","https://openalex.org/W2033701236","https://openalex.org/W2035451011","https://openalex.org/W2035934714","https://openalex.org/W2036563161","https://openalex.org/W2041571857","https://openalex.org/W2042585477","https://openalex.org/W2043593255","https://openalex.org/W2043970435","https://openalex.org/W2047470663","https://openalex.org/W2050617188","https://openalex.org/W2052020685","https://openalex.org/W2052685783","https://openalex.org/W2058723179","https://openalex.org/W2060069632","https://openalex.org/W2066224284","https://openalex.org/W2066968565","https://openalex.org/W2067869811","https://openalex.org/W2069834149","https://openalex.org/W2073430922","https://openalex.org/W2081228936","https://openalex.org/W2082079155","https://openalex.org/W2089398501","https://openalex.org/W2095641105","https://openalex.org/W2099074869","https://openalex.org/W2101736928","https://openalex.org/W2104558207","https://openalex.org/W2107441728","https://openalex.org/W2108421949","https://openalex.org/W2118495265","https://openalex.org/W2118549945","https://openalex.org/W2122929840","https://openalex.org/W2126009317","https://openalex.org/W2134182314","https://openalex.org/W2136823593","https://openalex.org/W2137728837","https://openalex.org/W2140918013","https://openalex.org/W2146128225","https://openalex.org/W2148043668","https://openalex.org/W2150910069","https://openalex.org/W2162949058","https://openalex.org/W2164304787","https://openalex.org/W2167350343","https://openalex.org/W2172588809","https://openalex.org/W2498804909","https://openalex.org/W2801412343","https://openalex.org/W2991813917","https://openalex.org/W3121147769","https://openalex.org/W3122093892","https://openalex.org/W3123609014","https://openalex.org/W3124817765","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4298413470"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2051978093","https://openalex.org/W21892006","https://openalex.org/W1985903762","https://openalex.org/W2375611471","https://openalex.org/W2187029649","https://openalex.org/W4283172224","https://openalex.org/W2992877076","https://openalex.org/W2563825355","https://openalex.org/W2291845669","https://openalex.org/W2993942913"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Research":[0],"on":[1],"information":[2],"technology":[3],"(IT)":[4],"outsourcing":[5,25,76,89,115,122],"adoption":[6,22,44,93],"has":[7],"been":[8],"confined":[9],"to":[10,34,42],"a":[11,36,130],"single-country":[12],"perspective.":[13],"The":[14,49,96,124],"understanding":[15],"of":[16,23,45,59,73,102,112,132],"how":[17],"country-specific":[18],"variables":[19],"influence":[20,91],"the":[21,43,57,60,71,74,79,100,103,110,113,127,133],"IT":[24,46,75,88,114,121],"is":[26],"limited.":[27],"This":[28],"study":[29],"uses":[30],"new":[31],"institutional":[32],"economics":[33],"build":[35],"framework":[37],"that":[38,52,99],"links":[39],"country-level":[40,53],"factors":[41],"domestic":[47,87],"outsourcing.":[48],"authors":[50,125],"suggest":[51],"factors,":[54],"such":[55],"as":[56],"maturity":[58,72,101,111],"IT-related":[61,104],"legal":[62,105],"system,":[63,106],"social":[64,107],"trust,":[65,108],"uncertainty":[66],"avoidance,":[67],"Internet":[68],"penetration,":[69],"and":[70,82,90,109,138],"market,":[77],"affect":[78],"opportunism":[80],"costs":[81,84],"coordination":[83],"involved":[85],"in":[86],"its":[92],"among":[94],"firms.":[95],"results":[97],"show":[98],"market":[116],"are":[117],"positively":[118],"associated":[119],"with":[120,129],"adoption.":[123],"conclude":[126],"paper":[128],"discussion":[131],"study\u2019s":[134],"implications":[135],"for":[136],"practice":[137],"future":[139],"research.":[140]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T06:19:23.411458","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}