Factors Affecting Information Technology Offshoring Decision Making: A Study of the IT Sector in Egypt

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ESLSCA University

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This research focuses on the IT offshoring business in the IT sector in Egypt, taking a deeper look in the potential of further offshoring and outsourcing of IT business to Egypt, since the first offshoring initiative taken by Kodal-Eastman, the offshoring business has grown showing huge potential – in today’s world offshoring is no longer an option but a necessity for major IT companies to create a competitive advantage.
The research makes the argument that the potential for offshoring to Egypt is huge and has not been fully utilized to-date, Egypt shows potential to be a significant IT hub for offshoring and outsourcing in Africa comparable to India in Asia. The Egyptian talent pool is significant both in size and quality which provides a significant potential to be utilized, other factors like the location, time zone, language skills, some of the cultural dimensions show great potential like change management abilities, flexibility, adaptability and customer empathy.
This qualitative research utilizes the expertise of business leaders both in Egypt (Host country) and American and European leaders (Home Country) who have taken a part of full responsibility of an offshoring decision to Egypt, to ensure that the study has the accurate focus and assessment of this said potential. The researcher hopes that such a study would contribute to focusing on the most important factors that influence the decision making to offshoring IT business to Egypt.

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Misr University Journal for Humanities
Volume 5, Issue 4
(humanities and social sciences)
July 2025
Pages 637-684

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