Service Supply Management Structure in Offshore Outsourcing

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 8-29

  Tate, Wendy L ^a   Ellram, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International global purchasing; Outsourcing (make or buy); Procurement purchasing processes; Service supply management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867701804     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2012.03283.x     Document Type: Article

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