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    Armin Heinzl & Jens Dibbern

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Georgius, A., Heinzl, A., Dibbern, J. (2006). Vendor Strategies in the German Market for Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing. In: Hirschheim, R., Heinzl, A., Dibbern, J. (eds) Information Systems Outsourcing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34877-1_14

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