Title: Global information technology outsourcing: issues of attractiveness of some regions in Eastern Europe

Authors: Grigori Feigin; Anna Hayduk

Addresses: St. Petersburg State University of Economics, 21 Sadovaya Str., St. Petersburg, 191023, Russian Federation; St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 15 Fuchika Str., St. Petersburg, 192238, Russian Federation ' Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, 39 Max-Planck Street, 74081 Heilbronn, Germany

Abstract: The article deals with the problem of the development of global information technology outsourcing. Based on the summary of main theoretical approaches used to explain the phenomenon of outsourcing, the conditions for making decisions on information technology outsourcing (ITO) nationally and globally are identified. The authors' overview of the chances (positive effects for companies) arising from the ITO application specific to the national and global outsourcing is provided. The causes of the ITO insufficient spread at the present stage are indicated. A model classifying the factors that influence the attractiveness of the national economies of some countries for ITO is proposed. The attractiveness of the countries of the Eastern European region for ITO is assessed based on the example of a comparative analysis of Russia and Ukraine.

Keywords: information technology outsourcing; ITO; supplier company; client company; chances and risks; factors of attractiveness of regions; Eastern Europe; comparative analysis; Russia; Ukraine.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2024.137758

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2024 Vol.23 No.2, pp.89 - 118

Received: 12 May 2020
Accepted: 06 Aug 2021
Published online: 05 Apr 2024 *

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