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Excerpt from 'Outsourcing' as a Mechanism of Information Technology Governance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Its Determinants The IT outsourcing phenomenon has been extensively documented in trade periodicals, but there is a lack of systematic theoretical and empirical research, partly due to the recency of the phenomenon. In this paper, we develop a preliminary model on the determinants of IT outsourcing using a set of firm-level determinants that integrates perspectives from business strategy and corporate finance. Testing the model using data from a sample of 57 major us. Corporations, we empirically demonstrate that poor business performance and high dependence on debt financing lead to a higher degree of IT outsourcing. We conclude with a brief articulation of important directions for future research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.