Chapter 1. Introduction; Leslie P. Willcocks, Mary C. Lacity and Chris Sauer.- Part I. Theoretical Perspectives.- Chapter 2. Theoretical perspectives on the outsourcing of information systems; Myun J. Cheon, Varun Grover, James Teng.- Chapter 3. The information technology outsourcing risk: a transaction cost and agency-theory based perspective; Bouchaib Bahli and Suzanne Rivard.- Chapter 4: Moments of governance in IS outsourcing: conceptualizing effects of contracts on value capture and creation; Shaila M Miranda, C. Bruce Kavan.- Part II. From Outsourcing to Offshoring and Business Process Outsourcing.- Chapter 5. Norm development in outsourcing relationships; Thomas Kern and Keith Blois.- Chapter 6. Organizational design of IT supplier relationship management: a multiple case study of five client companies; Jasmin Kaiser, Peter Buxmann.- Chapter 7: How do IT outsourcing vendors respond to shocks in client demand? A resource dependence perspective; Fang Sui, Ji-Ye Mao, Sirrka Jarvenpaa.- Chapter 8. Operational capabilities development in mediated offshore software services models; Sirkka L Jarvenpaa, Ji-Ye Mao.- Chapter 9. A Dynamic Model of Offshore Software Development; Jason Dedrick, Erran Carmel, Kenneth L Kraemer.- Chapter 10. Anxiety and psychological security in offshoring relationships: the role and development of trust as emotional commitment; Seamas Kelly, Camilla Noonan.- Chapter 11. Cross-cultural (mis)communication in IS offshoring: understanding through conversation analysis; David Avison, Peter Banks.- Chapter 12. Applying multiple perspectives to the BPO decision: a case study of call centres in Australia; Mark Borman.- Chapter 13. A historical review of the information technology and business process captive centre sector; Ilan Oshri and Bob van Uhm.- Chapter 14. Review of the Empirical Business Services Sourcing Literature: an update and future directions; Mary C. Lacity, Shaji Khan, Aihua Yan.