Title: A systematic literature review on outsourcing nearshoring practices on information and communication technologies industry

Authors: Jorge Guedes; Leandro Pereira

Addresses: ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ' ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract: With growing attention from governments and investors across the globe, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market is experiencing considerable growth. Advanced delivery models enabled by Outsourcing Nearshore models are a fundamental element of this business volume, being currently a fundamental piece of methodologies and practices from most global players. The academic contributions on the field reflects the same enthusiasm, showing a growing interest from the community on the subject. This paper intends to provide further visibility on the academic literature on Outsourcing Nearshoring practices on ICT over the past 10 years and it can be described as having a practical focus, while providing a review on the research outcomes, with the goal of critically analysing occurrence on a clearly defined scope in a neutral representation with a coverage limited to a representative sample, with an historical and statistical organisation, having general scholars as main target audience.

Keywords: outsourcing; nearshoring; offshoring; global software development; project management; knowledge management; delivery models; literature review.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2026.153175

European Journal of International Management, 2026 Vol.29 No.1, pp.136 - 159

Received: 30 Oct 2020
Accepted: 05 Jan 2021
Published online: 29 Apr 2026 *

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