Fragmenting global business processes: A protection for proprietary information

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 535-562

  Gooris, Julien ^a   Peeters, Carine ^b  

^a Microeconomix   (France)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fragmentation; information and communication technologies; institutional environment; misappropriation; outsourcing; services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973351914     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2015.44     Document Type: Article

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