Cross-functional make or buy decision process ownership

Management Research Review

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1042-1060

  Moses, Anna ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross functional; Decision process; Make or buy decisions; Process management; Process ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051776621     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171111158983     Document Type: Article

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