An assessment of the use of transaction cost theory in information technology outsourcing

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-138

  Alaghehband, Forough Karimi ^a   Rivard, Suzanne ^a   Wu, Shikui ^b   Goyette, Sylvain ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost difference; Information technology outsourcing decision; IT outsourcing; Literature review; Normative theory; Performance; Transaction Cost Theory (TCT)

Indexed keywords

COST DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING DECISION; IT OUTSOURCING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NORMATIVE THEORY; PERFORMANCE; TRANSACTION-COST THEORY;

COSTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 79959938447     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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