To CMM or not to CMM? antecedents and consequences of CMM certification in the indian offshore services industry

ICIS 2007 Proceedings - Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gopal, Anandasivam ^a   Gao, Guodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; CMM; Firm performance; Information asymmetry; Offshoring; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CMM; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; OFF-SHORING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; OUTSOURCING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870958339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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