Offshore outsourcing in global design networks

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Nayak, Nilesh V ^a   Taylor, John E ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b 618 SW Mudd Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contractors; Design; Engineering services; International factors; Organizations

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENGINEERING; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN TEAM; ENGINEERING SERVICES; GLOBAL DESIGN; INTERNATIONAL FACTORS; KEY ISSUES; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; OFFSHORE DESIGN; OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING; ORGANIZATIONS; OUTSOURCING ENGINEERING; PROJECT DESIGNS; SCHEDULE CONTROL;

CONTRACTORS; DESIGN; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 70349337770     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2009)25:4(177)     Document Type: Article

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