IT outsourcing and firm-level performance: A transaction cost perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 463-469

  Thouin, Mark F ^a   Hoffman, James J ^b   Ford, Eric W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; IT governance; IT outsourcing; Services oriented architecture; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

ASSET SPECIFICITY; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY; HEALTHCARE IT; IT OUTSOURCING; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; SERVICES ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE; THEORETICAL BASIS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

COSTS; HEALTH CARE; OUTSOURCING; PROFITABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 71849112043     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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