Outsourcing of information systems functions in small and medium sized enterprises: a test of a multi-theoretical model;Outsourcing der Informationsverarbeitung im Mittelstand: Test eines Multitheoretischen Kausalmodells

Business and Information Systems Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-129

  Dibbern, Jens ^a   Heinzl, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Information systems outsourcing; Partial least squares; Power theory; Resource based theory; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Structural equation modeling; Transaction cost economic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958106653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18670202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11576-008-0113-2     Document Type: Article

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