The impact of outsourcing on the transaction costs and boundaries of manufacturing

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-71

  McCarthy, Ian ^a   Anagnostou, Angela ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRASENOSE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary; Configuration; Input output methodology; Manufacturing; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; OUTSOURCING; RAW MATERIALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BOUNDARY; CONFIGURATION; INPUT-OUTPUT METHODOLOGY;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0742266962     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00183-X     Document Type: Article

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