The hard and soft sides of IT outsourcing management

European Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 539-548

  Barthélemy, Jérôme ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast; Information technology; Outsourcing; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142231867     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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