Information systems backsourcing: Correcting problems and responding to opportunities

California Management Review

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Veltri, Natasha F ^a   Saunders, Carol S ^a   Kavan, C Bruce ^a  

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EID: 58149242402     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41166468     Document Type: Article

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