Partial outsourcing, monitoring cost, and market structure

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1173-1190

  Shy, Oz ^a,b   Stenbacka, Rune ^c,d  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COST; MARKET CONDITIONS; OUTSOURCING;

EID: 29244436131     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2005.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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