Outsourcing manufacturing and its effect on engineering firm performance

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 373-390

  Bengtsson, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Effect; Manufacturing; Outsourcing; Performance

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; MANUFACTURE;

EFFECT; MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY; MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; OPERATING PERFORMANCE; ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 55349110322     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2008.021045     Document Type: Article

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