Understanding the supply chain outsourcing cascade: When does procurement follow manufacturing out the door?

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 90-110

  Brewer, Barry L ^a   Ashenbaum, Bryan ^b   Carter, Joseph R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contract manufacturing; Outsourcing (make or buy); Procurement; Purchasing; Resource based view; Supply chain management; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880759116     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12021     Document Type: Article

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