Business process outsourcing sector: The effect of relationship marketing strategy and legal environment on ethical values

International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-230

  Satkunasingam, Elsa ^a   Ndubisi, Nelson Oly ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business process outsourcing; Ethical values; Legal environment; Malaysia; Relationship marketing strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251595331     PISSN: 10821910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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