A tale of two outsourcing contracts An agency-theoretical perspective

Wirtschaftsinformatik

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-190

  Aubert, Benoit A ^a,b   Patry, Michel ^a,b   Rivard, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Incentive contracts; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242695855     PISSN: 09376429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03250897     Document Type: Review

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