Sourcing practices and boundaries of the firm in the financial services industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-91

  Safizadeh, M Hossein ^a   Field, Joy M ^a   Ritzman, Larry P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic boundaries of the firm; Outsourcing; Resource based view of the firm; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CUSTOMIZATION; DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES; FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 37749053736     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.641     Document Type: Article

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