Towards a developing country firm perspective on outsourcing

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-229

  Hansen, Michael W ^a   Schaumburg Müller, Henrik ^a   Pottenger, Eugene ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Developing countries; International investments; Multinational companies; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933604     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290810915281     Document Type: Article

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