Make-buy decisions in the face of technological change: does industry clockspeed matter?

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Perrons, Robert K ^a   Platts, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clockspeed; make buy decisions; outsourcing; SMEs; supplier relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846166363     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2005.006020     Document Type: Article

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