World-class or good enough - The choice of partner when outsourcing new product development in medium-sized firms

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-445

  Rundquist, Jonas ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

external sourcing; medium sized firms; new product development; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349115168     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877008001448     Document Type: Article

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