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Original Article

Factors considered when outsourcing an IS system: an empirical examination of the impacts of organizational size, strategy and the object of a decision

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Pages 235-248 | Received 22 Feb 2008, Accepted 11 Jun 2009, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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