Outsourcing: Globalization and Beyond

The Blackwell Companion to Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 307-329

  Ritzer, George ^a   Lair, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Internal revenue service; Offshoring; Outsourcing; US Firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859368123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691939.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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