Domestic and global outsourcing practices of america’s most effective IS users

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 269-280

  Sobol, Marion G ^a   Apte, Uday ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21844483804     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.1995.30     Document Type: Article

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