Understanding outsourcing contexts through information asymmetry and capability fit

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 277-283

  McCarthy, Ian P ^a   Silvestre, Bruno S ^b   Kietzmann, Jan H ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

capabilities; information asymmetry; operations management; operations strategy; outsourcing; typology

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; TYPOLOGY;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84873308455     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.648765     Document Type: Review

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