Contracts in Offshore Software Development: An Empirical Analysis

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1671-1683

  Gopal, Anandasivam ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, Konduru ^b   Krishnan, M S ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Tridas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract Choice; Offshore Contracting; Software Development; Software Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; COSTS; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACT CHOICE; OFFSHORE CONTRACTING; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0942288755     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.12.1671.25120     Document Type: Article

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