Global outsourcing and its impacts on organisations: problems and issues

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-202

  Kathawala, Yunus ^a   Zhang, Ren ^b   Shao, Jing ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

global outsourcing; nearshore outsourcing; offshore outsourcing; organisational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749145718     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2005.006496     Document Type: Article

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