The influence of capability considerations on the outsourcing decision: The case of a manufacturing company

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5031-5052

  McIvor, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

operations strategy; outsourcing; performance; resource based theory

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS STRATEGY; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MARKET CONDITION; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY;

COMPETITION; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 77954434732     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903049423     Document Type: Article

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