Does interfirm modularity complement ignorance? A field study of software outsourcing alliances

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1241-1252

  Tiwana, Amrit ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Ignorance; Modularity; Outsourcing; Peripheral knowledge: knowledge based view

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ALLIANCES; FIELD STUDIES; IGNORANCE; INTERFIRM MODULARITY; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; MODULARITY; OUTSOURCERS; PERIPHERAL KNOWLEDGE: KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEW; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCINGS; SOFTWARE SERVICES;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 55349139344     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.694     Document Type: Review

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