Does ownership affect the variability of the production process? Evidence from international courier services

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 892-912

  Hsieh, Chihmao ^a   Lazzarini, Sérgio Giovanetti ^b   Nickerson, Jackson A ^c   Laurini, Marcio ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ibmec   (Brazil)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Governance; Organizational choice; Reliability; Variability; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957005631     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0482     Document Type: Article

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