International service outsourcing: Using offshore analytics to identify determinants of valueadded outsourcing

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Banerjee, Arindam ^a   Williams, Scott A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b Independent Management Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Operations management; Outsourcing; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993102488     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290910935909     Document Type: Article

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