A longitudinal examination of partnership governance in offshoring: A moving target

Journal of World Business

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-30

  Vivek, Shiri D ^a   Richey Jr , R Glenn ^a   Dalela, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter organizational; Logistics; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Relationship marketing; Resource based view; Supply chain management; Transaction cost economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449111342     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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