On buyer selection of service providers in online outsourcing platforms for IT services

Information Systems Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 547-562

  Hong, Yili ^a   Pavlou, Paul A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Country differences; Country IT development; IT services; Online outsourcing platforms; Reputation

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING; SALES;

COUNTRY DIFFERENCES; IT DEVELOPMENT; IT SERVICES; ONLINE OUTSOURCING PLATFORMS; REPUTATION;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 85035361015     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2017.0709     Document Type: Article

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