Business-related determinants of offshoring intensity

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-58

  Srivastava, Shirish C ^a   Teo, Thompson S H ^a   Mohapatra, Partha S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; BUSINESS SIZE; IS OFFSHORING; IS OUTSOURCINGS; OFF-SHORING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 70249084606     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008010103     Document Type: Article

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