Impacts of internal and interorganizational information systems on the outsourcing of manufacturing

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-95

  Dedrick, Jason ^a   Kraemer, Kenneth L ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Build to order; Customization; Hierarchies; Internal IT; Internet; Interorganizational information systems; Markets; Outsourcing; Procurement; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

BUILD-TO-ORDER; HIERARCHIES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; MAIN EFFECT; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; SURVEY DATA; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; US MANUFACTURERS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 77953724547     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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