Mitigate, tolerate or relocate? Offshoring challenges, strategic imperatives and resource constraints

Journal of World Business

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 522-535

  Manning, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Experience; Global sourcing; Implementation; Learning; Outsourcing; Risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908044324     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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