Internationalization strategies of chinese it service suppliers

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 175-200

  Su, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Internationalization; IT outsourcing; Strategy process; Supplier's perspective

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING;

CHINA; INTERNATIONALIZATION; IT OUTSOURCING; STRATEGY PROCESS; SUPPLIER'S PERSPECTIVE;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84873941625     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2013/37.1.08     Document Type: Article

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