Outsourcing research

6/22/2010

Ravi Srinivasan is a PhD student in The Eli Broad School of Business at MichiganStateUniversity in USA. He is currently working on his dissertation which examines effective methods of managing outsourcing engagements. As part of the dissertation process, he is collecting responses from project managers who are currently involved (or were recently involved) in an outsourcing engagement.

Topic: Governing outsourcing engagements in the presence of uncertainty and supplier opportunism

Brief Description: Successfully managing an outsourcing engagement is a difficult endeavor. It becomes even more difficult when the supplier acts opportunistically and the project team encounters uncertainty in requirements, resources and technology. The goal of this study is to examine governance mechanisms used by buying firms/ units and recommend appropriate methods to manage an outsourcing engagement under conditions of opportunism and uncertainty. Your participation in this study will enable us to examine effective methods of managing outsourcing projects.

Contact: Ravi Srinivasan, Michigan State University, srinivasan@bus.msu.edu

 You will find the link on our surveypage.