Outsourcing decisions and the purchasing process: A systems-oriented approach

Marketing Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 708-729

  Kakouris, Andreas P ^a   Polychronopoulos, George ^b   Binioris, Spyros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Purchasing; Selection; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750628875     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500610711879     Document Type: Review

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