Relationship archetypes in information systems outsourcing arrangements: An exploratory analysis

Association for Information Systems - 12th Americas Conference On Information Systems, AMCIS 2006

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3220-3225

  Jahner, Stefanie ^a   Böhmann, Tilo ^a   Krcmar, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Client vendor relationships; IS outsourcing; Outsourcing archetypes

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS; CUSTOMER EXPECTATION; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; RELATIONSHIP FACTORS; RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870378635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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