What is the right outsourcing strategy for your process?

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  McIvor, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Opportunism; Outsourcing; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749105068     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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