Is local sourcing out of fashion in the globalization era? Evidence from Italian mechanical industry

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1012-1023

  Tunisini, Annalisa ^a   Bocconcelli, Roberta ^a   Pagano, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clusters; Italian mechanical industry; Local international sourcing; Supplier relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052259388     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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