Real-life case studies of offshore outsourced IS projects: Analysis of issues and socio-economic paradigms

Outsourcing and Offshoring in the 21st Century: A Socio-Economic Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 248-281

  Chakrabarty, Subrata ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84901520290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-875-8.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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