Outsourcing effects on firms' operational performance: An empirical study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1280-1300

  Jiang, Bin ^a   Frazier, Gregory V ^b   Prater, Edmund L ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Outsourcing; Productivity rate; Profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749375474     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610710551     Document Type: Article

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