Managing an IT carve-out at a multi-national enterprise
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Teaching case: Managing an IT carve out at a multi-national enterprise
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2043-8869,2043-8869
DOI: 10.1057/jittc.2013.10