Strategic Posture and Outsourcing

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dc.contributor.author	Mahnke, Volker	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Overby, Mikkel Lucas	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Özcan, Serden	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:23:50Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:23:50Z
dc.date.issued	2004-11-23T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6499
dc.description.abstract	IT-enabled innovations are of increasing importance for competitive success in a range to develop associated competencies - in-house and/or through outsourcing - consequential for creating and sustaining competitive advantage. Against the backdrop of the importance of IT-enabled innovation, the key concern of this chapter is to address the crucial question: How do capability development strategies differ between first-movers and late entrants in IT-enabled services. We develop theory based on three explorative case studies – FedEx, UPS and DHL. An analysis of the three companies reveals that governance choices are influenced by a company’s attempts to create, imitate, and/or leapfrog IT-enabled innovation in varying technological regimes. of industries including express delivery services. How companies choose associated competences - in-house and/or through outsourcing - is conseqcreating and sustaining competitive advantage. Against the backdrop of the of IT-enabled innovation, the key concern of this chapter is to address	en_US
dc.format.extent	41 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working paper;2004-018	en_US
dc.subject.other	kep	en_US
dc.title	Strategic Posture and Outsourcing	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt04nov23 miel	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Informatik	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INF	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Informatics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INF	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656444443	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2004	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	The case of the US express delivery industry	en_US