Implications of outsourcing on operations planning: Findings from the pharmaceutical industry

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1059-1079

  Boulaksil, Youssef ^a,b   Fransoo, Jan C ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Operations management; Outsourcing; Pharmaceuticals industry; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957080007     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011082526     Document Type: Review

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