Offshore outsourcing: A dynamic causal model of counteracting forces

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 15-35

  Dutta, Amitava ^a,b,c   Roy, Rahul ^d,e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business policy; Growth modeling; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Simulation; System dynamics modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUSINESS POLICY; GROWTH MODELING; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 28844477995     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2005.11045850     Document Type: Article

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