Managing the knowledge supply chain: An organizational learning model of information technology offshore outsourcing

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-306

  Cha, Hoon S ^a   Pingry, David E ^b   Thatcher, Matt E ^c  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Backshoring; IT offshoring; Knowledge management; Learning by doing; Offshore outsourcing; Organizational learning; Software development

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IT OFFSHORING; LEARNING BY DOING; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 44449128561     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148841     Document Type: Article

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