Determinants of information technology outsourcing: A cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 7-24

  Loh, Lawrence ^a,b   Venkatraman, N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Information technology outsourcing; Information technology strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549157959     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1992.11517945     Document Type: Article

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