Difficulties in Managing Offshore Software Outsourcing Relationships: An Empirical Analysis of 18 High Maturity Indian Software Companies

Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 25-41

  Oza, Nilay V ^a   Hall, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

difficulties; grounded theory; managing relationship; offshore outsourcing; qualitative research; software outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847247011     PISSN: 15228053     EISSN: 23336897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2005.10856069     Document Type: Article

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