Developing a framework for make-or-buy decisions

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1313-1330

  Canez L E ^a   Platts, K W ^a   Probert, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Make v. buy; Outsourcing; Sourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543065749     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010348271     Document Type: Article

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