Outsourced services and 'imbalanced' supply markets

European Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Walker, Helen ^a   Knight, Louise ^a   Harland, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imbalance; Outsourcing; Supply markets; Supply strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344477052     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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