Establishing trust in Offshore software outsourcing relationships: An exploratory study using a systematic literature review

IET Software

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 283-293

  Niazi, Mahmood ^a,b   Ikram, Naveed ^b   Bano, Muneera ^c   Imtiaz, Salma ^c   Khan, Siffat Ullah ^d  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIENT-VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS; CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS; HIGH-QUALITY SOFTWARE; OFFSHORE SOFTWARE OUTSOURCINGS; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW (SLR);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84885091121     PISSN: 17518806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-sen.2012.0136     Document Type: Article

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