Information systems outsourcing reasons in the largest Spanish firms

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-136

  Gonzalez, Reyes ^a   Gasco, Jose ^a   Llopis, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Information systems; Outsourcing reasons; Survey

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS; OUTSOURCING REASONS; TRANSACTION COSTS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 13644264352     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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