Outsourcing in a global economy: Traditional information technology outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and business process outsourcing

Information Systems Outsourcing (Third Edition): Enduring Themes, Global Challenges, and Process Opportunities

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-21

  Hirschheim, Rudy ^a   Dibbern, Jens ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 77953014027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88851-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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