Empirical investigation of success factors for offshore software development outsourcing vendors

IET Software

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Khan, S U ^a   Niazi, M ^b,d,e   Ahmad, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^d KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^e RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTUAL BUSINESS; COST-SAVING; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FOUR-GROUP; HIGH-QUALITY SOFTWARE; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RESEARCH PAPERS; SENIOR MANAGERS; SUCCESS FACTORS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; MANAGERS; OUTSOURCING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYS;

COSTS;

EID: 84857283318     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2010.0038     Document Type: Article

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