The strategic nexus of offshoring and outsourcing decisions

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1510-1533

  Mudambi, Ram ^a   Venzin, Markus ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 77958598860     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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