Vendor capabilities and outsourcing success: A resource-based view

Wirtschaftsinformatik

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-206

  Goles, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal modeling; Outsourcing; Partial least squares (PLS); Resource based theory; Survey; Vendor capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644503256     PISSN: 09376429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03250900     Document Type: Review

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