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backsourcing: a standalone construct

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Information systems

bringing previously outsourced IT services back in-house after a contract ends, instead of renewing it or switching vendors.

In information systems, backsourcing refers to bringing previously outsourced IT services back in-house after a contract ends, instead of renewing it or switching vendors. This meaning comes from Whitten (2006) in Decision Sciences.[1]

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information4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs contract4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four contracts

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Whitten, D., & Leidner, D. (2006). Bringing IT Back: An Analysis of the Decision to Backsource or Switch Vendors. Decision Sciences, 37(4), 605-621. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5414.2006.00140.x

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