STRATEGIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS IN OUTSOURCING AS A DISTINCTIVE SOURCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY VALUE: A SOCIAL CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 304-315

  Ye, Fei ^a   Agarwal, Ritu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE; OUTSOURCING RELATIONSHIPS; PRODUCT AND SERVICES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 85021445540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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