Influence of industry characteristics on information technology outsourcing

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 99-128

  Qu, Wen Guang ^a   Pinsoneault, Alain ^b   Oh, Wonseok ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

capital intensity; industry concentration; industry dynamism; industry environments; industry munificence; IT outsourcing

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OUTSOURCING; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; CAPITAL INTENSITY; CAPITAL-INTENSIVE INDUSTRY; INDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING; INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES; IT OUTSOURCING;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 79955617139     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222270404     Document Type: Article

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