Knowledge transfer and utilization in IT outsourcing partnerships: A preliminary model of antecedents and outcomes

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-186

  Teo, Thompson S H ^a   Bhattacherjee, Anol ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

IT partnerships; Knowledge management; Outsourcing; Survey research

Indexed keywords

IT PARTNERSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION; NOMOLOGICAL NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE GAIN; PRELIMINARY MODEL; SURVEY RESEARCH;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SURVEYS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84891555051     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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