Internationalization strategies of it vendors from emerging economies: The case of china;Les stratégies d'internationalisation des vendeurs de technologies de l'Information des pays émergents: Le cas de la chine

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Su, Ning ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Internationalization; IT outsourcing; Strategy process; Vendor perspective

Indexed keywords

CHINA; INTERNATIONALIZATION; IT OUTSOURCING; STRATEGY PROCESS; VENDOR PERSPECTIVE;

COMMERCE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84870969918     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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