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 …

investigate who the winners of this "green race" might be. The analysis covers 110 manufacturing sectors in eight countries (China …

patterns of job loss in U.S. manufacturing industries between 1992 and 2007. Motivated by intuitions from factor …-proportions-inspired work on offshoring and heterogeneous firms in trade, we build industry-level measures of import competition. Combining … increases the likelihood of job loss among manufacturing workers with less than a high school degree; it is not significantly …

We use a representative and cross-country comparable sample of manufacturing firms (EFIGE) to document patterns of …

We estimate the impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing plants using panel data from the UK production census. Our …

performance of 104 UK manufacturing firms. Hypotheses are drawn from a resource-based perspective on human resource management and …