Governance decisions for the offshore outsourcing of new product development in technology intensive markets

Journal of World Business

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Griffith, David A ^a   Harmancioglu, Nukhet ^b   Droge, Cornelia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Governance; New product development; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Technology intensive markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349220759     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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