Offshoring and international competitiveness: Antecedents of offshoring advanced tasks

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-328

  Jensen, Peter D Ørberg ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced tasks; Offshoring experience; Offshoring strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857053987     PISSN: 00920703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-011-0286-x     Document Type: Article

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