Flexible outsourcing

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-59

  Moretto, Michele ^a   Rossini, Gianpaolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entry, size; Flexible outsourcing; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155192121     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1560     Document Type: Article

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