It Consulting And Outsourcing Firms: Evolution, Business Models, And Future Prospects

The Oxford Handbook of Management Consulting

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galal, Kerim ^a   Richter, Ansgar ^b   Wendlandt, Vera ^a  

^a DEKRA SE ^*

^b EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business models; General management consulting; IT consulting and outsourcing; Size; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875873570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235049.013.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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