...Zehra Sayed; Henrik Agndal Purpose This paper analyzes how information systems (IS) can serve as tools of neo-colonial control in offshore outsourcing of research and development work. It draws on critical work examining business and knowledge process outsourcing. Design/methodology/approach...

... in the organizational field is replete with “how to” advice on what can and should be outsourced (e.g. Farrell et al., 2007 ; Gupta et al., 2007). Lesser attention is paid to the issues of inequality in exchange, of the role of offshoring in the perpetration of unfair labor practices in the West...