Empirical analysis of intellectual property risks in software outsourcing

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chen, Yuanyuan ^a   Bharadwaj, Anandhi ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; It outsourcing; Software development agreement

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IP PROTECTION; IT OUTSOURCING; LEGAL PROTECTION; PRICING SCHEME; SOFTWARE CONTRACTS; SOFTWARE CUSTOMIZATION; SOFTWARE MODULARITY; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTSOURCING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84870971387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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