Information technology and distance-induced effort to manage offshore activities

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 758-771

  Aubert, Benoit A ^a   Rivard, Suzanne ^a   Templier, Mathieu ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance; information technology (IT) services; offshoring

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE; MANAGEMENT COSTS; OFF-SHORING; OFFSHORE ACTIVITY; PERCEIVED DISTANCES; PRODUCTION COST; SERVICE PROVIDER;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80054856666     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2098480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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