Nature of functional involvement in make or buy decision processes

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 894-920

  Moses, Anna ^a   Åhlström, Pär ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross functional integration; Decision making; Make or buy decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349397383     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910986210     Document Type: Article

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