The 18C's model for a successful long-term outsourcing arrangement

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1071-1080

  Ishizaka, Alessio ^a   Blakiston, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facility management; Long term relationships; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867979006     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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