Measuring the risk of sourcing from low cost countries: A macro perspective

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-329

  Min, Hokey ^a   Kim, Ilsuk ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global sourcing; Low cost countries; Supply chain risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960280685     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.041102     Document Type: Article

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