Determinants of success in IS offshoring projects: Results from an empirical study of German companies

Information and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 291-299

  Westner, Markus ^a   Strahringer, Susanne ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information systems offshoring; Knowledge transfer; Liaison quality; Offshore project success; Offshoring expertise; Partial least squares; Project suitability; Trust in offshore service provider

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; OFF-SHORING; OFFSHORE PROJECT; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PROJECT SUITABILITY; SERVICE PROVIDER;

COST ACCOUNTING; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WAGES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955472386     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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