African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Organisational culture as a driver of outsourcing choices: A conceptual model

Paolo Popoli
  • Paolo Popoli
  • Department of Business Studies and Quantitative Methods, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
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  •  Received: 23 July 2017
  •  Accepted: 22 September 2017
  •  Published: 28 September 2017

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