The impact of knowledge sharing, organizational capability and partnership quality on IS outsourcing success

Information and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 323-335

  Lee, Jae Nam ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

IS outsourcing; Knowledge sharing; Organizational capability; Outsourcing success; Partnership quality

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035313688     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(00)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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