A validation of measures associated with the risk factors in technology outsourcing

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Bahli, B ^a   Rivard, S ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING;

RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; RISK FACTORS; TRANSACTION COST;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84969523088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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