A behavioral study of supply manager decision-making: Factors influencing make versus buy evaluation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 822-838

  Mantel, Susan Powell ^a   Tatikonda, Mohan V ^a   Liao, Ying ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral decision making; Experiment; Outsourcing; Purchasing; Supply chain; Supply risk

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING; CORE COMPETENCY; SUPPLY CHAIN; SUPPLY RISK;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33751342008     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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