Exploratory study on effective Control structure in global business process sourcing

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 101-118

  Kim, Gyeung Min ^a   Kim , Saem Yi ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knowledge transfer; Outsourcing; project management

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; GLOBAL BUSINESS PROCESS; GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; MODELING FOR CONTROL; SOCIAL CONTROL MECHANISMS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70149111768     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008070106     Document Type: Article

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