Effective strategies for internal outsourcing and offshoring of business services: An empirical investigation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-256

  Zeynep Aksin, O ^a   Masini, Andrea ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Shared services; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS; SHARED SERVICES;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 38949089272     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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