Machiavelli, management and outsourcing: Still on the learning curve

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-12

  Willcocks, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information technology; Outsourcing; Strategic objectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969486     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538291111108408     Document Type: Review

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