Effect of partnership quality on IS outsourcing success: Conceptual framework and empirical validation

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 29-61

  Lee, Jae Nam ^a,b   Kim, Young Gul ^b,c,d  

^a LG CNS Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems outsourcing; Outsourcing partnership; Outsourcing success; Partnership quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033277427     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1999.11518221     Document Type: Article

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