Knowledge transfer to vendors in offshore information systems outsourcing: Antecedents and effects on performance

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Deng, Chun Ping ^a   Mao, Ji Ye ^b  

^a BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Information Systems Outsourcing; Knowledge Transfer; Learning Mechanisms; Offshore Information Systems; Vendor Performance

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LEARNING; COST CONTROLS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING; INTERACTION EXPERIENCES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEARNING MECHANISM; PASSIVE LEARNING; PROJECT QUALITY; VENDOR PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868245279     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2012070101     Document Type: Article

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