To outsource IT or not?: Recent research on economics and evaluation practice

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-160

  Willcocks, L ^a   Fitzgerald, G ^b   Lacity, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 21444442251     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.1996.21     Document Type: Article

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