The impact of outsourcing new technologies on integrative capabilities and performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 595-616

  Weigelt, Carmen ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Capabilities; Outsourcing; Performance; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; BANKING; BUSINESS PROCESS; CAPABILITIES; INTERNET ADOPTION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; LEARNING BY DOING; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; OUTSOURCING STRATEGY; PERFORMANCE; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 67649980365     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.760     Document Type: Article

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