A Comparative Empirical Study on Determinants of IT Offshore Outsourcing to China and India as Recipient Countries

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Zhang, Qiaoya Kurien, Jacob
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	IT offshore outsourcing contributes significantly to the global industrial shift from manufacturing to services in the global emerging knowledge economy. IT offshore outsourcing not only helps outsourcing providers achieve lower costs and higher profitability, but also urges recipient countries to enlarge service exports and transform their industrial structures through innovation. Hence, attracting services outsourcing from abroad is of great significance for China to shift its role from a manufacturer to a service provider on the global stage. However, the status quo is that although China has gained a 31.5% market share, second only to India with a 52.8% market share as a recipient of services outsourcing in 2013, a large proportion is attributed to a surge in domestic demand for onshore outsourcing rather than offshore practices. Therefore, China still has a long way to go. The thesis aims to clarify which external and internal factors dominate IT offshore outsourcing decisions and unveil the reasons why China has lagged far behind India as a recipient country of IT offshore outsourcing over the past two decades. By comparison, the thesis sheds some light on the gaps between the key success factors for China and India while suggesting ways, in which the China’s IT/ITeS industry could continue to evolve, strengthen existing leverage points, overcome the weaknesses and differentiate itself from other recipients.
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