IT sourcing a dynamic phenomena: Forming an institutional theory perspective

Information Systems Outsourcing (Second Edition): Enduring Themes, New Perspectives and Global Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 103-134

  Jayatilaka, Bandula ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149273319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34877-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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