Outsourcing: Lessons from the Literature

Labour and Industry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 97-118

  Young, Suzanne ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 19744369636     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2000.10669226     Document Type: Article

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