Effects of offshore outsourcing of information technology work on client project management

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-26

  Lacity, Mary C ^a   Rottman, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Managers; Outsourcing; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977939878     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290910935864     Document Type: Article

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