Offshore outsourcing as a source of international competitiveness for SMEs

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 969-988

  Di Gregorio, Dante ^a   Musteen, Martina ^b   Thomas, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative and technical services; International entrepreneurship; International outsourcing; Offshoring; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349130095     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.90     Document Type: Article

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