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Strategic outsourcing decisions for manufacturers competing on product quality

Tiaojun Xiao School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210093, People's Republic of China
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Yusen Xia Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
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G. Peter Zhang Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA
Pages 313-329 | Received 01 May 2010, Accepted 01 Dec 2012, Published online: 18 Mar 2014

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