International collaboration in transorganizational systems development: The challenges of global insourcing

Journal of Global Information Technology Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 52-69

  Rao, Madhu T ^a   Earls, Terrence W ^b   Sanchez, Gloria ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albers School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Coordination; Global insourcing; Offshore teams; Software development; Transorganizationa development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015539455     PISSN: 1097198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1097198X.2007.10856449     Document Type: Article

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