Factors considered when outsourcing an IS system: An empirical examination of the impacts of organizational size, strategy and the object of a decision

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-248

  Berg, Bjarne ^a   Stylianou, Antonis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information Systems; Management; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549133345     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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