Applying the analytic hierarchy process to the offshore outsourcing location decision

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 435-449

  Liu, Linda Boardman ^a   Berger, Paul ^b   Zeng, Amy ^c   Gerstenfeld, Arthur ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Decision making; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 53449099595     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810905697     Document Type: Article

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