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 …

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 …

intermediaries, such as the facilitating team production or increasing worker productivity, explain, at most, only a small share of …

We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …

markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … industry and firm productivity. …

effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for the endogeneity of innovation. This is the case for three different … count measures of innovation – a global measure of innovation and measures for labour innovations and capital innovations …