Supplier selection or collaboration? Determining factors of performance improvement when outsourcing manufacturing

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-153

  Dabhilkar, Mandar ^a,b   Bengtsson, Lars ^b,c   von Haartman, Robin ^c   Åhlström, Pär ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Outsourcing strategy; Performance improvement; Performance trade offs; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349130506     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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