Sourcing parts of complex products: Evidence on transactions costs, high-powered incentives and ex-post opportunism

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 723-749

  Anderson, Shannon W ^a   Glenn, David ^b   Sedatole, Karen L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0034311715     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(00)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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