Outsourcing and financial performance: A negative curvilinear effect

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Kotabe, Masaaki ^a   Mol, Michael J ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Negative curvilinear effect; Outsourcing; Performance; The Netherlands; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350709977     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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