Outsourcing as an improvisation: A case study in Latin America

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-138

  Silva, Leiser O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision making under risk and certainty; Improvisations; IS planning issues; Outsourcing of IS; Political environment of IS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017131     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240290075057     Document Type: Article

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