Does IT outsourcing create firm value?

SIGMIS-CPR 2007 - Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 87-91

  Koh, Christine ^a   Ang, Soon ^a   Yeo, Gillian ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Event study; Outcomes; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

EVENT STUDIES; EVENT STUDY; FIRM VALUES; IT OUTSOURCINGS; LISTED COMPANIES; OUTCOMES; PRODUCTION COSTS; STOCK MARKETS; TRANSACTION COSTS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 57349137427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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