Controls as exit barriers in multiperiod outsourcing arrangements

Accounting Review

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1795-1834

  Phua, Yee Shih ^a   Abernethy, Margaret A ^b   Lillis, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ease of switching suppliers; Interfirm controls; Outsourcing; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155173193     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-10100     Document Type: Article

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