Offshore outsourcing: A managerial framework

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 256-268

  Tate, Wendy L ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Purchasing; Services; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449091690     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620910939804     Document Type: Article

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