An uncertain future: A preliminary study of offshore outsourcing from the manager's perspective

Management Research News

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 476-494

  Clott, Christopher ^a  

^a SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Outsourcing; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992925007     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170710759702     Document Type: Article

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