Critical success factors in outsourcing: Case of software industry

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1456-1465

  Hanna, Rosine ^a   Daim, Tugrul ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PLANNING; RESEARCH; SHAREHOLDERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES; CORE COMPETENCIES; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (CSFS); CUSTOMER LOYALTIES; CYCLE TIME (CT); INTERNATIONAL (CO); OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; PORTLAND; PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS; SHAREHOLDER VALUES; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 47849116708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349467     Document Type: Conference Paper

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