Stakeholder perceptions of offshoring and outsourcing: The role of embedded issues

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-189

  Robertson, Christopher J ^a   Lamin, Anna ^a   Livanis, Grigorios ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Information security; Internationalization; Moral intensity; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Product quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955173785     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0353-0     Document Type: Article

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