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 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 …

reshoring or offshoring. When the demand elasticity rises with price, two policy instruments generally are needed to achieve …

not accounted for by differences in workers' characteristics, occupations, nor for differences in the employers' locations …

possibility that freer trade also alters the firm-size distribution via international firm migration (offshoring); firms must, by … assumption, produce in their 'birth nation.' We show that when firms are allowed to switch locations, new productivity effects …

be performed at home or abroad, but offshoring entails costs that vary by task. In equilibrium, the tasks with the … highest offshoring costs may not be traded. Among the remainder, those with the relatively higher offshoring costs are …