Two-stage offshoring: An investigation of the Irish bridge

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-279

  Olsson, Helena Holmström ^a   Conchúir, Eoin Ó ^b   Ågerfalk, Par J ^c,d   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Limerick   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Customer vendor relationship; Offshore sourcing; Offshoring; Relational exchange

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING;

CUSTOMER VENDOR RELATIONSHIP; OFFSHORE SOURCING; RELATIONAL EXCHANGE;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 44449084802     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148840     Document Type: Article

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