IT outsourcing: Frameworks for conceptualizing practice and perception

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-237

  Hancox, Martin ^a   Hackney, Ray ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Core competencies; IT outsourcing; Partnership; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034398361     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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