How it service suppliers acquire capabilities in outsourcing alliances: An evolutionary perspective

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Su, Ning ^a   Levina, Natalia ^b   Lou, Hao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Evolutionary economics; Global outsourcing; Strategic alliance; Supplier capabilities

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS; GLOBAL OUTSOURCING; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; SUPPLIER CAPABILITIES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870960900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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