Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work

Jos van Hillegersberg; Chintan Amrit Amrit

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26739-5_12

Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work

Jos van Hillegersberg, Chintan Amrit Amrit

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For over a decade, dedicated E-markets have been facilitating globally distributed systems development by enhancing the traditionally high-risk global sourcing processes. At the same time, the success and potential of E-markets for sourcing project globally can be questioned, as E-markets embody a variety of temporal, geographical and socio-cultural gaps. To study the effectiveness of the mechanisms offered by the E-markets, we ran a field experiment in which four development teams worked for 10 weeks to have a software development product designed, programmed and tested by remote developer(s) using an E-market. Three out of the four teams managed to deliver a successful product within time and budget. This result exceeded our expectations and contradicts the critical observations and opinions in several blogs and news articles. We find that for effective e-Market sourcing a skilled customer team with competences including vendor selection, software contracting, software requirements specification, development methods, cross-cultural and virtual communications, use of various cloud based tools, frequent functional and non functional testing are necessary.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices
Subtitle of host publication	9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Ilan Oshri, Julia Kotlarsky, Leslie P. Willcocks
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	206-227
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-26739-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-26738-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26739-5_12
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015: Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices - La Thuile, Italy Duration: 1 Jan 2015 → 1 Jan 2015 Conference number: 9

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Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	236
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

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Other	9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	La Thuile
Period	1/01/15 → 1/01/15

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IR-98997
METIS-314538

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van Hillegersberg, J., & Amrit, C. A. (2015). Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work. In I. Oshri, J. Kotlarsky, & L. P. Willcocks (Eds.), Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices: 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 206-227). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 236). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26739-5_12

van Hillegersberg, Jos ; Amrit, Chintan Amrit. / Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work. Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices: 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Ilan Oshri ; Julia Kotlarsky ; Leslie P. Willcocks. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2015. pp. 206-227 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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van Hillegersberg, J & Amrit, CA 2015, Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work. in I Oshri, J Kotlarsky & LP Willcocks (eds), Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices: 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 236, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 206-227, 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, 1/01/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26739-5_12

Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work. / van Hillegersberg, Jos; Amrit, Chintan Amrit.
Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices: 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Ilan Oshri; Julia Kotlarsky; Leslie P. Willcocks. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2015. p. 206-227 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 236).

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van Hillegersberg J, Amrit CA. Using E-markets for Globally Distributed Work. In Oshri I, Kotlarsky J, Willcocks LP, editors, Achieving Success and Innovation in Global Sourcing: Perspectives and Practices: 9th Global Sourcing Workshop 2015, La Thuile, Italy, February 18-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2015. p. 206-227. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-26739-5_12

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