Security risks in service offshoring and outsourcing

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-440

  Nassimbeni, Guido ^a   Sartor, Marco ^a   Dus, Daiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data security; Failure mode and effect analysis; Knowledge management; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Security risks; Service industries

Indexed keywords

CORE ACTIVITY; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS; DATA PROTECTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FAILURE MODE AND EFFECT ANALYSIS; MANAGERIAL ASPECTS; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES; OFF-SHORING; OUTSOURCING PROJECTS; SECURITY FAILURE; SECURITY RISKS; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SERVICE OUTSOURCING;

INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RATING; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84858228381     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571211210059     Document Type: Article

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