Work Decentralisation from Large to Small Firms: A Preliminary Analysis of Subcontracting

1 July 1986

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space

Vol. 18 (7) , 949-965
https://doi.org/10.1068/a180949

Abstract

This paper is a preliminary review of small firm subcontracting. It is argued that increasingly subcontracting and other forms of small firm activities are beco...

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