Outsourcing – a strategic move: The process and the ingredients for success

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 373-378

  Zhu, Zhiwei ^a   Hsu, Kathy ^a   Lillie, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079225     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005473     Document Type: Article

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