IT outsourcing evolution- Past, present, and future

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 84-89

  Lee, Jae Nam ^a   Huynh, Minh Q ^b   Kwok, Ron Chi Wai ^a   Pi, Shih Ming ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD-ROM; COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; MARKETING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OUTSOURCING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SECURITY OF DATA;

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS; CONTRACT PROGRAMMING; PARTNER BASED ALLIANCES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038103693     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/769800.769807     Document Type: Article

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