Macro-Economic and Social Impacts of Offshore Outsourcing of Information Technology: Practitioner and Academic Perspectives

International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 112-132

  Knapp, Karl ^a   Sharma, Sushil ^b   King, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clarian Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

IT outsourcing; macro economic; offshore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001574808     PISSN: 15481131     EISSN: 1548114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jebr.2007100107     Document Type: Article

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