Value creation and value claiming in strategic outsourcing decisions: A resource contingency perspective

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 420-444

  Verwaal, Ernst ^a   Commandeur, Harry ^b   Verbeke, Willem ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Resource contingency view; Resource value creation; Strategic outsourcing decisions; Value claiming

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649122368     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308328502     Document Type: Article

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