A US Client's learning from outsourcing IT work offshore

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-275

  Rottman, Joseph W ^a   Lacity, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

IT; Offshore; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 41049110786     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-007-9061-4     Document Type: Article

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