A strategic model for the formulation of an effective make or buy decision

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Mcivor, R T ^a   Humphreys, P K ^b   Mcaleer, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Benchmarking; Core competences; Make v. buy; Partnership sourcing; Purchasing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082090     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710160331     Document Type: Article

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