Towards the strategic outsourcing of core competencies in the automotive industry: Threat or opportunity?

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-53

  Parry, Glenn ^a   Roehrich, Jens K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core competencies; RBV; Resource based view; Strategic outsourcing; TCE; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COSTS; ECONOMICS; LIFE CYCLE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTOMOTIVE ENVIRONMENT; CORE COMPETENCIES; INVESTMENT CAPITAL; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; STRATEGIC OUTSOURCING; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 61849095218     PISSN: 14709511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2009.023585     Document Type: Article

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