Coordinating offshored operations in emerging economies: A contingency-based study

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 153, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-339

  Zorzini, Marta ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^a   Hendry, Linda C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency based study; Coordinating modes; Emerging economies; Internationalization; Multi case study research; Offshoring

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

CONTINGENCY-BASED STUDY; COORDINATING MODES; EMERGING ECONOMIES; INTERNATIONALIZATION; OFF-SHORING;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84900519502     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.03.017     Document Type: Article

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