Sourcing from China: Experiences of Australian firms

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 419-427

  Wang, Jeffrey ^a   Singh, Prakash J ^a   Samson, Danny ^a   Power, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Manufacturing; Offshoring; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053301720     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598541111171138     Document Type: Article

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