The effects of internal resources and partnership quality on firm performance: An examination of Indian BPO providers

Journal of International Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-224

  Lahiri, Somnath ^a   Kedia, Ben L ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process outsourcing; Global sourcing; India; Partnership quality; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349243448     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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