The globalization of high-value activities: Why do firms offshore advanced tasks?

Progress in International Business Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-27

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

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 84857333242     PISSN: 17458862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1745-8862(2010)0000005005     Document Type: Article

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