Secrets of a successful outsourcing contract: A risk analysis

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ngwenyama, Ojelanki K ^a   Sullivan, William E ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contracts; Information systems management; Outsourcing; Public sector it management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; ALBERTA , CANADA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY; IT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; RISK PERSPECTIVE;

CONTRACTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870643549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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