SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING IN VIETNAM: A CASE STUDY OF A LOCAL PIONEER

9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1031-1039

  Gallaugher, John ^a   Stoller, Greg ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; multimedia; Offshore information systems outsourcing; video game industry; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CASE-STUDIES; INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING; IT OUTSOURCING; MULTIMEDIUM; OFFSHORE INFORMATION SYSTEM OUTSOURCING; OFFSHORE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE OUTSOURCING; VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY; VIET NAM; VIETNAMESE;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84892284485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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