Business services outsourcing by manufacturing firms

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1147-1173

  Merino, Fernando ^a   Rodŕguez Rodŕguez, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 36849008048     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm034     Document Type: Article

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