Viewing engineering offshoring in a network perspective: Addressing and managing risks

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-173

  Nadja Lee Hansen, Zaza ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^b   Ahmed Kristensen, Saeema ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denmark; Engineering offshoring; Global Engineering Networks; Globalization; Networks; Off shore investments; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FIELDS; ANALYSIS APPROACH; CONTEXTUAL FEATURE; DATA GATHERING; DATA SETS; DENMARK; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING MANAGERS; ENGINEERING TASKS; GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; OFF-SHORE; OFF-SHORING; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; RESEARCH APPROACH; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84873101440     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410381311292287     Document Type: Article

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