Organizing the Modern Firm in the Worldwide Market for Market Transactions

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-21

  Liesch, Peter W ^a   Buckley, P ^b,c   Simonin, B ^d   Knight, Gary ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Externalization; Firm organization; Offshoring; Outsourcing; Worldwide market for market transactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864453700     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0096-x     Document Type: Article

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