Accounting outsourcing turnback: process and issues

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-245

  Maelah, Ruhanita ^a   Aman, Aini ^a   Hamzah, Noradiva ^a   Amiruddin, Rozita ^a   Sofiah, Auzair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Malaysia; Operations management; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993008524     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538291011093811     Document Type: Article

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