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This study seeks to better understand the impact of IT vendor to firm’s IT outsourcing in Korea. Using the event study methodology, we empirically analyze the impact of IT vendor in Korea. IT vendors’ characteristics (such as services with asset specificity, size, and nationality) that may affect the success of IT outsourcing are considered. We find that IT outsourcing announcements significant...

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