The dynamics of the outsourcing relationship

Progress in International Business Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-364

  Denicolai, Stefano ^a   Strange, Roger ^b   Zucchella, Antonella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Externalization; Isolating mechanisms; Outsourcing; Power asymmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937108926     PISSN: 17458862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1745-886220150000010026     Document Type: Chapter

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