An empirical exploration of how process standardization reduces outsourcing risks

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wüllenweber, Kim ^a   Weitzel, Tim ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING (BPO); STANDARDIZATION LITERATURE;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39749187733     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2007.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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