Funny business: Public opinion of outsourcing and offshoring as reflected in U.S. and Indian political cartoons

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 199-224

  Lacity, Mary C ^a   Rudramuniyaiah, Prasad S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Offshore outsourcing; Political cartoon theory; Political cartoons; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CUSTOMER SERVICES; GLOBAL OUTSOURCING; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; POLITICAL CARTOON THEORY; POLITICAL CARTOONS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; RAPID GROWTH;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 70349314265     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02413     Document Type: Article

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