The handbook of global outsourcing and offshoring

The Handbook of Global Outsourcing and Offshoring

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-266

  Oshri, Ilan ^a   Kotlarsky, Julia ^b   Willcocks, Leslie ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994504340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230251076     Document Type: Book

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