Strategic possibilities of IT-outsourcing in the organizations activities in the context of globalization

South-West State University, Department of Regional Economics and Management, 305040, 94, 50 let Oktyabrya str., Kursk, Russia

^* Corresponding author: irinka-rusik@mail.ru

Abstract

Research background: Today, modern enterprises are faced with a number of problems, using of outsourcing will contribute to the effective solution, the main advantage of which is the concentration of all efforts on the implementation of core activities without compromising support functions and processes. A special role during the digitization of the economy becomes the development and maintenance of information organization’s management infrastructure based on an IT outsourcing. In modern conditions of environmental changes occur quickly enough, so the use of IT outsourcing creates technological conditions for more active network of cooperation with business partners that could be the basis for the development of organizational competitiveness.

Purpose of the article: The purpose of the article is to identify the main areas of opportunities and possibilities of IT outsourcing in business in the digital economy.

Methods: To write this article we used general scientific research methods, and methods of economic analysis.

Findings & Value added: During the study, reviewed the concept of IT outsourcing and the possibility of its integration into the organization’s management system. Features of this integration are in the competencies formation which are absent in the sponsoring agency. The article studied IT outsourcing in the global market. The results of the analysis revealed the market leaders, and the most popular outsourcing strategies in a changing IT environment. The identified strategic possibilities of IT outsourcing in the activities of organizations provides for its development in further scientific research.