In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …, and value extracted from outsourcing projects. We conclude that additional research is needed on recent trends in …

We develop an endogenous growth model to study the long run consequences of offshoring with firm heterogeneity and … incomplete contracts. In so doing, we model offshoring as the geographical fragmentation of a firm’s production chain between a … possibility of offshoring has favorable implications for economic growth. Yet, offshoring induced by a higher bargaining power of …

A simple model of offshoring is used to integrate the complex gallery of results that exist in the theoretical … offshoring/fragmentation literature. The paper depicts offshoring as ‘shadow migration’ and shows that this allows … conditions are provided). We show that offshoring requires modification of the four HO theorems, so econometricians who ignore …