Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm … heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an … important determinant for Korean firms offshoring decision. Firms global sourcing decision may rather depend on other …

growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … and offshoring. It also briefly notes the implications of differing demographic trends among the Indian states. The paper …

Many large firms in low scale economy industries are actively considering outsourcing options, in the face of … competition from smaller more efficient players. Based on a review of the theoretical literature and a case-study of outsourcing … for outsourcing be evaluated in terms of level of proprietary knowledge, economies of scale, inefficiencies of vertical …

We study the determinants of the extent of in-house vertical integration and of outsourcing in foreign countries …