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Currie, W.L., Parikh, M.A. (2006). Developing a Sustainable Value Proposition in Web Services: Lessons from Strategic Management. In: Hirschheim, R., Heinzl, A., Dibbern, J. (eds) Information Systems Outsourcing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34877-1_18

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