INFLUENTIAL FACTORS IN IT SOURCING DECISIONS OF NORWEGIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1614-1622

  Dertz, Willy ^a   Moe, Carl E ^a   Hu, Qing ^b  

^a Adger University College   (Norway)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

institutional influence; IT outsourcing; Norwegian municipalities; public sector

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING;

EXPLORATORY STUDIES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; IT MANAGEMENT; IT OUTSOURCING; IT SOURCING; NORWEGIAN MUNICIPALITY; OPERATION CENTER; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATION;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84957367754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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