Supply portfolio concentration in outsourced knowledge-based services

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 262-279

  Moeen, Mahka ^a   Somaya, Deepak ^b   Mahoney, Joseph T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance inseparability; Knowledge based services; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873294697     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0725     Document Type: Article

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