Outsourcing to suppliers with unknown capabilities

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2013.10.068MaRDI QIDQ2256177zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hubert Pun, H. Sebastian Heese

Publication date 19 February 2015

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.10.068

zbMATH Keywords

asymmetric informationauditingupdating beliefsmake-buy decision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06)

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