Clarifying the concept of performance-based contracting in manufacturing industries: A research synthesis

Journal of Service Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 625-655

  Hypko, Phillipp ^a   Tilebein, Meike ^b   Gleich, Ronald ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Manufacturing industries; Payments; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956066101     PISSN: 17575818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564231011079075     Document Type: Review

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