Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=35#.VNhnoizQrzE Author(s) Jian-Jun Wang , Zheng-Kui Lin , Hao Huang Affiliation(s) School of Management, Dalian University of Technology . School of Computer Science & Technology, Dalian Maritime University . School of economic and management,Beihang University . ABSTRACT An ever-increasing trend in today’s firms is to exploit outsourcing for those information systems (IS) functions deemed to be outside the company’s core competence. Given the multi-attribute nature of IS outsourcing decision, this paper argues that five factors, including, strategy, economics, risk, environment and quality, should be considered for IS out-sourcing decisions, and proposes the use of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and improved ELECTREIII as aids in making IS outsourcing decisions. The AHP is used to analyze the structure of the outsourcing problem and determine ...
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