Offshore outsourcing impact: an analysis of the US automobile industry

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 387-407

  Greacen, John F ^a   Chou, David C ^b  

^a Different Drummer Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic analysis; offshore outsourcing; outsourcing; wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744811370     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmed.2005.006569     Document Type: Article

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