What drives netsourcing decisions? An empirical analysis

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-423

  Loebbecke, Claudia ^a   Huyskens, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Netsourcing; Selective outsourcing; Strategic management; Transaction cost economics; Web enabled value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749337796     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000621     Document Type: Article

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