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'A strategy of the last resort'? Reflections on the role of the subcontract in the United Kingdom

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In this paper I utilize a sub-national survey of subcontracting in a sample of manufacturing firms to comment on the changing nature of the subcontract in the UK. The survey indicates that, far from the subcontract emerging as a pivotal part of industrial organization, as some current debates suggest, it remains, for many companies, a 'strategy of the last resort'. I generalize the findings in order to speculate on the future for the subcontract relation in the UK.

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  • Imrie, R, 1994. "'A strategy of the last resort'? Reflections on the role of the subcontract in the United Kingdom," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 22(6), pages 569-578, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:22:y:1994:i:6:p:569-578
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    1. Dolgui, Alexandre & Kovalev, Sergey & Pesch, Erwin, 2015. "Approximate solution of a profit maximization constrained virtual business planning problem," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 57(PB), pages 212-216.

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