From networks to hierarchies: The construction of a subcontracting regime in the irish telecommunications industry

Organization Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 867-886

  MacKenzie, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hierarchy; Inter organizational relations; Networks; Subcontracting; Telecommunications; Transactions costs; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949109907     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840608088706     Document Type: Article

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