Global multisourcing strategy: Integrating learning from manufacturing into IT service outsourcing

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-729

  Su, Ning ^a   Levina, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology (IT) outsourcing; multisourcing strategy; service supply chain; supply base

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION; FINANCIAL SERVICE; GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IT SERVICES; MANUFACTURING DOMAINS; MULTISOURCING; SERVICE OUTSOURCING; SERVICE SUPPLY CHAINS; SUPPLY BASE; TWO-DIMENSION;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; OUTSOURCING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80054858139     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2090733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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