Information systems outsourcing projects as a double moral hazard problem

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-389

  Elitzur, Ramy ^a   Gavious, Arieh ^b,c   Wensley, Anthony K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Game theory; Information system; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; OUTSOURCING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT; DESKTOP COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING; MANAGEMENT DESKTOPS; MODEL INFORMATIONS; MORAL HAZARD; OUTSOURCING PROJECTS; SHARING RULES; SPECTRA'S; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 80053132216     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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