Critical success factors from outsourcing theories as determinants of leadership roles in IT outsourcing projects

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 477-487

  Andresen, Ragnar ^a   Ekker, Knut ^a   Gottschalk, Retter ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Core competencies; Critical success factors; Entrepreneur; Leadership roles; Outsourcing contract; Outsourcing theories; Spokesman

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249293355     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2007.013158     Document Type: Article

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