Offshore outsourcing of information technology enabled supply chain functions: a transaction cost analysis

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-381

  Bahli, Bouchaïb ^a   Kumar Goyal, Suresh ^a  

^a Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

offshore sourcing; supply chain; transaction costs theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949169416     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2005.006239     Document Type: Article

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