Knowledge transfer and organizational learning in IS offshore sourcing

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-281

  Chua, Ai Ling ^a   Pan, Shan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

IS BOK; Knowledge transfer; Offshore insourcing; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247884532     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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