We show that, even with flexible domestic wages, international outsourcing may worsen the welfare of the home country … and reduce the profits of all firms. If wages are rigid, outsourcing is welfare-improving if and only if the sum of the … welfare. We also extend the model to a two-period framework. Delaying outsourcing can be gainful because the fixed cost of …

equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allows for several goods and two fragments, produced …. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration. …

outsourcing of customer services / Piyush Sharma, Rajiv Mathur, Abhinav Dhawan -- IT offshoring : a German perspective / Michael …. Wang -- Making sense of the sourcing and shoring maze : various outsourcing and offshoring alternatives / Subrata …. Atkins -- Outsourcing and offshoring : issues and impacts on venture capital / Alev M. Efendioglu -- Outsourcing and …

"This book discusses the considerations and implications surrounding the outsourcing and offshoring of professional … Technology, Intellectual Property and Allied Aspects -- 7. Offshoring Entertainment and Media to India -- 8. Outsourcing of … analysis of offshore outsourcing, would make an invaluable addition to any reference library"--Provided by publisher. …

outsourcing grew at rates experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where … outsourcing (1) would switch 4-digit occupations 2 percent less often, (2) would spend 0.1 percent less time unemployed, and (3 …We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider …

This paper reviews the political uproar over offshore outsourcing connected with the release of the Economic Report of … offshore outsourcing, and assesses the empirical evidence on the importance of offshore outsourcing in accounting for the weak … offshore outsourcing is unlikely to have accounted for a meaningful part of the job losses in the recent downturn or …

We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …

outsourcing decisions are affected by changes in country and competitor costs. A number of interesting regularities emerge. When a … developed countries. In many cases, the measured responses to cost changes appear to correspond with outsourcing theories that …