Asset specificity's impact on outsourcing relationship performance: A disaggregated analysis by buyer-supplier asset specificity dimensions

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 657-666

  De Vita, Glauco ^a   Tekaya, Arafet ^a   Wang, Catherine L ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Outsourcing relationship performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953024535     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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