The impact of national culture and type of entrepreneurs on outsourcing

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 643-659

  Joardar, Arpita ^a   Wu, Sibin ^b   Chen, Shouming ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

National culture; Outsourcing; Types of entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923084750     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-012-0247-y     Document Type: Article

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