How the transaction cost and resource-based theories of the firm inform outsourcing evaluation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-63

  McIvor, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter organizational collaboration; Operations strategy; Outsourcing; Resource based view; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS;

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS; CASE STUDY RESEARCHES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENTS; PROCESS REDESIGNS; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; TRANSACTION COSTS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 57649099681     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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