Offshoring: Secure or open to the praying mantis?

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-86

  Burns, Beryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call centres; Control systems; Data security; Information systems; Outsourcing; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054455     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290810857493     Document Type: Article

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