Market thickness and outsourcing services

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-238

  Ono, Yukako ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Business service; In house production; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS; OUTSOURCING;

EID: 33846551693     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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