Understanding the effects of outsourcing: Unpacking the total factor productivity variable

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 308-317

  Kitcher, Ben ^a   McCarthy, Ian P ^b   Turner, Sam ^a   Ridgway, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aerospace; Cobb Douglas; Ishikawa diagram; manufacturing; outsourcing; total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE; COBB-DOUGLAS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; ISHIKAWA DIAGRAM; OUTSOURCE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTIVITY;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84873302048     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.648543     Document Type: Article

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