Identifying risk factors of IT outsourcing using interdependent information: An extended DEMATEL method

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3832-3840

  Fan, Zhi Ping ^a   Suo, Wei Lan ^a,b   Feng, Bo ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2 Tuple; Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Interrelationship; IT outsourcing; Risk factor identification

Indexed keywords

2-TUPLE; DECISION MAKING TRIAL AND EVALUATION LABORATORY (DEMATEL); INTERRELATIONSHIP; IT OUTSOURCING; RISK FACTOR IDENTIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION MAKING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 80255129415     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.09.092     Document Type: Article

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