Limits to global sourcing?. Strategic consequences of dependency on international suppliers: Cluster theory, resource-based view and case studies

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-14

  Steinle, Claus ^a   Schiele, Holger ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b h and z Business Consulting Munich/Duesseldorf/Paris

Author keywords

Cluster; Global sourcing; Resource based view of the firm; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049085546     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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