Hierarchical forms of outsourcing and the creation of dependency

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-727

  Muehlberger, Ulrike ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dependency; Governance structures; Hierarchies; Outsourcing; Relational contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249691878     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607078119     Document Type: Review

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