TY - GEN
T1 - Defining a Framework for the Development of ICT Services "nearshoring" in Portugal
AU - Ruivo, Pedro
AU - Rodrigues, Jorge
AU - Neto, Miguel de Castro
AU - Johansson, Björn
AU - Oliveira, Tiago
N1 - Ruivo, P., Rodrigues, J., Neto, M. D. C., Johansson, B., & Oliveira, T. (2015). Defining a Framework for the Development of ICT Services "nearshoring" in Portugal. In M. M. Cruz-Cunha, J. Varajão, R. Rijo, R. Martinho, P. Schubert, A. Boonstra, R. Correia, & A. Berler (Eds.), Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems/International Conference on Project MANagement/Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS/ProjMAN / HCist 2015 October 7-9, 2015 (Vol. 64, pp. 140-145). (Procedia Computer Science; Vol. 64). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.474
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper presents a framework for policies development enabling growth of Nearshore in information and communications technologies (ICT) services inside European Community (EC), which are based in Portuguese companies, emphasizing what is needed to explore the huge opportunity to develop exportations, employability and the national economy. In a market of ICTs Outsourcing services forecasted in 2017 to be larger than 1000 Billion Euros, it is necessary that Portugal accelerates developments in areas such as People, Policies, Infrastructures and Education, according to the proposed framework, which supports the growth from the 50th location worldwide and 2nd in Western Europe, regarding attractiveness for providing Outsourcing services, in order to become a preferential destination for the development of a "Nearshore" in EC.
AB - This paper presents a framework for policies development enabling growth of Nearshore in information and communications technologies (ICT) services inside European Community (EC), which are based in Portuguese companies, emphasizing what is needed to explore the huge opportunity to develop exportations, employability and the national economy. In a market of ICTs Outsourcing services forecasted in 2017 to be larger than 1000 Billion Euros, it is necessary that Portugal accelerates developments in areas such as People, Policies, Infrastructures and Education, according to the proposed framework, which supports the growth from the 50th location worldwide and 2nd in Western Europe, regarding attractiveness for providing Outsourcing services, in order to become a preferential destination for the development of a "Nearshore" in EC.
KW - ICT
KW - Nearshore
KW - Outsourcing
KW - Portugal
KW - Services
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U2 - 10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.474
DO - 10.1016/j.procs.2015.08.474
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962905568
VL - 64
T3 - Procedia Computer Science
SP - 140
EP - 145
BT - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems/International Conference on Project MANagement/Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies, CENTERIS/ProjMAN / HCist 2015 October 7-9, 2015
A2 - Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela
A2 - Varajão, João
A2 - Rijo, Rui
A2 - Martinho, Ricardo
A2 - Schubert, Petra
A2 - Boonstra, Albert
A2 - Correia, Ricardo
A2 - Berler, Alexander
PB - Elsevier
ER -