Outsourcing: A corporate competitiveness strategy, not a search for low wages

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-519

  Deavers, Kenneth L ^a  

^a Employment Policy Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 0040151679     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-997-1019-2     Document Type: Article

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