Offshoring knowledge and service work: A conceptual model and research agenda

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-221

  Youngdahl, William ^a   Ramaswamy, Kannan ^a  

^a Garvin School of International Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Offshore; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Service; Transformational

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONCEPTUAL MODELS; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; OFFSHORING SERVICES;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38949174959     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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