The role of clockspeed in outsourcing decisions for new technologies: Insights from the prisoner's dilemma

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 624-632

  Perrons, Robert K ^a   Platts, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Make or buy decisions; Outsourcing; Technology led strategy; Time study

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLOCKS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING; OUTSOURCING; SPEED; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

CLOCKSPEED; MAKE OR BUY DECISIONS; TECHNOLOGY LED STRATEGY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 9444243218     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570410550287     Document Type: Article

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