Complexity, Flexibility, and the Make-or-buy Decision

American Economic Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 433-437

  Tadelis, Steven ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041918967     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282802320191750     Document Type: Article

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