A case analysis of business process outsourcing project failure profile and implementation problems in a large organisation of a developing nation

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 745-759

  Khalfan, Abdulwahed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Kuwait; Outsourcing; Public sector organizations; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018639     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150310506675     Document Type: Article

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