Outsourcing and productivity growth in services

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-194

  Fixler, Dennis J ^a   Siegel, Donald ^b  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Business services; Outsourcing; Productivity growth

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCTIVITY; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 0033057780     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(98)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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