Knowledge transfer processes in IT outsourcing relationships and their impact on shared knowledge and outsourcing performance

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 342-352

  Blumenberg, Stefan ^a   Wagner, Heinz Theo ^b   Beimborn, Daniel ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

IT outsourcing relationship; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge based theory; Outsourcing performance; Shared knowledge

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING;

EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; INTERACTION STRUCTURES; IT OUTSOURCING; KNOWLEDGE BASED; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS; SHARED KNOWLEDGE; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68949148763     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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