Offshore outsourcing of production: An exploratory study of process and effects in Danish companies

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-76

  Slepniov, Dmitrij ^a   Waehrens, Brian Vejrum ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Organizational structures; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077282     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290810857484     Document Type: Article

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