Distance Advantages in IS Nearshoring: Do They Matter?

This paper reviews and extends previous literature on information systems offshoring by providing a critical analysis of the advantages of shorter client-supplier distance in nearshoring projects (as compared to farshoring ones). Prior research indicated that nearshoring brings forth a number of critical distance advantages, e.g. real-time overlaps, cultural similarities, linguistic connections, as well as political/economical similarities, and...