Is the world really flat? A look at offshoring at an online programming marketplace

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 367-384

  Gefen, David ^a,b   Carmel, Erran ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Bidding; Marketplace; Offshoring; Online programming; Outsourcing; PPP

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

AGENCY THEORY; OFFSHORING; ONLINE PROGRAMMING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 44449111676     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148844     Document Type: Article

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