Outsourcing: A public-private sector comparison

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-366

  Burnes, Bernard ^a   Anastasiadis, Antisthenis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b National Service   (Greece)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Private sector; Public sector organizations; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PEST CONTROL; RELOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; WATER TREATMENT;

FINANCIAL SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 3242692201     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540310490116     Document Type: Article

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