Impact of international outsourcing on the value adding of industries

International Journal of Logistics Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-486

  MoosaviRad, Seyed Hamed ^a   Kara, Sami ^a   Ibbotson, Suphunnika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gross value added; Input output analysis; International outsourcing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902542828     PISSN: 09574093     EISSN: 17586550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-05-2013-0061     Document Type: Article

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