A multi-disciplinary profile of IS/IT outsourcing research

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-258

  Alsudairi, Mohamed ^a   Dwivedi, Yogesh K ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Information systems; Outsourcing; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649116590     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391011019769     Document Type: Article

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