Business familiarity as risk mitigation in software development outsourcing contracts

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-551

  Gefen, David ^a   Wyss, Simon ^b   Lichtenstein, Yossi ^b,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Business familiarity; Contractual governance; Fixed price; Incomplete contract theory; Software development out sourcing; Time and materials; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; OUTSOURCING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

AGENCY THEORY; CONTRACTUAL GOVERNANCE; FIXED PRICES; INCOMPLETE CONTRACT THEORIES; TRUST;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 50249122198     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148855     Document Type: Article

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