Geography of outsourcing: Business service provisions among firms in Norway

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-134

  Rusten, Grete ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business services; Manufacturing industry; Norway; Outsourcing; Proximity; SMEs

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; SERVICE SECTOR;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033915567     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00100     Document Type: Article

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