A theory of the outsourcing firm

Global Outsourcing and Offshoring: An Integrated Approach to Theory and Corporate Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-104

  Luvison, Dave ^a   Bendixen, Mike ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84887624391     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511761607.004     Document Type: Chapter

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