Determinants of intra-firm sourcing and market performance

International Business Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-135

  Kotabe, Masaaki ^a   Murray, Janet Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Global competition; International procurement; Market performance; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030115794     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-5931(96)00001-7     Document Type: Article

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