Prior research on the management of IT offshore outsourcing projects has focused on
crosscultural issues or on project and relationship management issues. However, there is
still a lack of understanding concerning effective management practices that help to
overcome the challenges of client-vendor cultural distance in IT offshoring relationships.
Therefore, the goal of this research is to increase our understanding of how the risks that
result from this cultural distance in IT offshoring can be mitigated and which management …