Class information for:
Level 1: OUTSOURCING//OFFSHORING//IT OUTSOURCING

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
7457 1286 49.9 43%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
1305 8102 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//MIS QUARTERLY//JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 OUTSOURCING Author keyword 82 20% 28% 362
2 OFFSHORING Author keyword 49 33% 9% 122
3 IT OUTSOURCING Author keyword 34 40% 5% 68
4 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING Author keyword 28 50% 3% 40
5 OUTSOURCING SUCCESS Author keyword 14 64% 1% 14
6 INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING Author keyword 13 61% 1% 14
7 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING Author keyword 11 40% 2% 21
8 RESHORING Author keyword 9 67% 1% 8
9 BACKSHORING Author keyword 8 75% 0% 6
10 INSOURCING Author keyword 7 48% 1% 11

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 OUTSOURCING 82 20% 28% 362 Search OUTSOURCING Search OUTSOURCING
2 OFFSHORING 49 33% 9% 122 Search OFFSHORING Search OFFSHORING
3 IT OUTSOURCING 34 40% 5% 68 Search IT+OUTSOURCING Search IT+OUTSOURCING
4 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING 28 50% 3% 40 Search OFFSHORE+OUTSOURCING Search OFFSHORE+OUTSOURCING
5 OUTSOURCING SUCCESS 14 64% 1% 14 Search OUTSOURCING+SUCCESS Search OUTSOURCING+SUCCESS
6 INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING 13 61% 1% 14 Search INFORMATION+SYSTEMS+OUTSOURCING Search INFORMATION+SYSTEMS+OUTSOURCING
7 BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING 11 40% 2% 21 Search BUSINESS+PROCESS+OUTSOURCING Search BUSINESS+PROCESS+OUTSOURCING
8 RESHORING 9 67% 1% 8 Search RESHORING Search RESHORING
9 BACKSHORING 8 75% 0% 6 Search BACKSHORING Search BACKSHORING
10 INSOURCING 7 48% 1% 11 Search INSOURCING Search INSOURCING

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 TRANSACTION COST 17 19% 6% 78
2 INFORMATION SYSTEMS FUNCTIONS 12 86% 0% 6
3 BUY DECISIONS 11 46% 1% 18
4 OR BUY DECISIONS 11 29% 2% 32
5 TRANSACTION COST APPROACH 11 35% 2% 25
6 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 6 11% 4% 47
7 RESOURCE BASED THEORIES 4 67% 0% 4
8 OFFSHORING KNOWLEDGE 4 75% 0% 3
9 OUTSOURCING DECISION 4 75% 0% 3
10 OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS 3 35% 1% 8

Journals


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MIS QUARTERLY EXECUTIVE 2 12% 1% 13

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
A review of the IT outsourcing literature: Insights for practice 2009 96 78 87%
A review of the IT outsourcing empirical literature and future research directions 2010 47 116 80%
A Systematic Review of Literature on Offshoring of Value Chain Activities 2013 8 91 56%
Information systems outsourcing: A literature analysis 2006 58 152 70%
Business process outsourcing studies: a critical review and research directions 2011 12 83 75%
Why are companies offshoring innovation? The emerging global race for talent 2009 107 49 24%
Outsourcing decision support: a survey of benefits, risks, and decision factors 2006 71 69 41%
Explaining variations in client extra costs between software projects offshored to India 2008 92 71 28%
A Dynamic Perspective on Next-Generation Offshoring: The Global Sourcing of Science and Engineering Talent 2008 79 48 27%
Critical success factors for offshore software outsourcing contract management from vendors' perspective: an exploratory study using a systematic literature review 2013 1 25 80%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 ROBERT WANG INT BUSINESS EDUC 6 71% 0.4% 5
2 E FINANCE 4 42% 0.6% 8
3 STRATEG INFORMAT SYST 2 67% 0.2% 2
4 STRATEG MANAGEMENT GLOBALIZAT 2 13% 1.2% 15
5 OPERAT TECHNOL INNOVAT MANAGEMENT 2 43% 0.2% 3
6 BUSINESS ADM ACCOUNTING 1 25% 0.4% 5
7 BUSINESS 232 1 50% 0.2% 2
8 EDIFICIO CIENCIAS ECON EMP ARIALES 1 50% 0.2% 2
9 INFORMAT MANAGEMENT IMARC 1 50% 0.2% 2
10 OUTSOURCING UNIT 1 100% 0.2% 2

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000106118 INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS//HOLD UP PROBLEM//WIRT AFTSPOLIT ABT
2 0.0000087601 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS//MIS QUARTERLY
3 0.0000079411 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL//SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
4 0.0000078386 STRATEGIC ALLIANCES//INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES//ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
5 0.0000072477 SHARED SERVICES//DE AMALGAMATION//AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
6 0.0000070817 SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT//IEEE SOFTWARE//TOP SCHOLARS
7 0.0000067449 EARLY SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT//SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT//KNOWLEDGE BASED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
8 0.0000061571 INDUSTRIAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL MARKETING//JOURNAL OF BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETING
9 0.0000054048 INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT//EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS//MIS QUARTERLY
10 0.0000052549 MARKET ORIENTATION//ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION//DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES