Outsourcing decision-making aspects considered by IT departments in Brazilian companies

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 305-311

  Dias Ferreira, André Machado ^a   Barbin Laurindo, Fernando José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian companies; Factorial analysis; Information technology (IT); Outsourcing decision making aspects; Survey

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN COMPANIES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; IT OUTSOURCING; OUTSOURCING DECISION-MAKING ASPECTS; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; RESEARCH AREAS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 70349435308     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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