Outsourcing as a mode of organizational learning

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-53

  Yakhlef, Ali ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992385     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290910935882     Document Type: Article

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