Issues and recommendations in evaluating and managing the benefits of public sector IS/IT outsourcing

Information Technology and People

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-183

  Lin, Chad ^a   Pervan, Graham ^b   McDermid, Donald ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communication technologies; Information systems; Outsourcing; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249814343     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840710758068     Document Type: Article

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