The document is a research memoire submitted by Vaibhav Sathe to ESCP Europe in 2012 on the topic of "Intellectual Property Issues in Global Software Outsourcing". It includes:
1) An introduction outlining the objectives of identifying factors affecting IP transfers in global software outsourcing and importance of client-vendor relationships.
2) An overview of distributed delivery models for outsourcing including definitions, benefits, risks, and levels of outsourcing.
3) A discussion of software development in the context of outsourcing, offshoring, and the types of contracts typically used.
4) An outline of the research methodology to be used including identifying variables from literature