Outsourcing in China: Opportunities, challenges and lessons learned: Industry insight

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-203

  Jones, Wendell O ^a  

^a ROSEMAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Communication technologies; Off shore investments; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933497     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290910973385     Document Type: Review

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