Setting the outsourcing research agenda: The top-10 most urgent outsourcing areas

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-197

  Busi, Marco ^a   Mcivor, Ronan ^b  

^a Carisma RCT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933330     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290810915263     Document Type: Article

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