Project manager roles in it outsourcing

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Karlsen, Jan Terje ^a   Gottschalk, Petter ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Information technology; Manager roles; Managing and leading; Outsourcing; Project management

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; OUTSOURCING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTREPRENEUR; LIAISON; SPOKESMAN; TERMINATION PROJECTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745502859     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2006.11431678     Document Type: Article

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