Measuring and managing it outsourcing risk: Lessons learned

Information Systems Outsourcing (Second Edition): Enduring Themes, New Perspectives and Global Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 161-185

  Aubert, Benoit A ^a,b   Patry, Michel ^a,b   Rivard, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CIRANO   (Canada)

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EID: 84869775403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-34877-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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