Outsourcing - Success or failure? Findings from five case studies

European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-75

  Brandes, Henrik ^a   Lilliecreutz, Johan ^a   Brege, Staffan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driving forces; Outcome; Outsourcing; Process; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031161442     PISSN: 09697012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-7012(97)00001-4     Document Type: Article

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