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outsourcing grew at rates experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where … outsourcing (1) would switch 4-digit occupations 2 percent less often, (2) would spend 0.1 percent less time unemployed, and (3 …We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider …
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Trade in business services has been attracting attention from academic researchers, policy makers, and business journalists. While there are many anecdotes, there has been little in the way of formal theory applied to this issue. In this paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of...
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This paper reviews the political uproar over offshore outsourcing connected with the release of the Economic Report of … offshore outsourcing, and assesses the empirical evidence on the importance of offshore outsourcing in accounting for the weak … offshore outsourcing is unlikely to have accounted for a meaningful part of the job losses in the recent downturn or …
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We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …
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an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in … outsourcing …
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outsourcing decisions are affected by changes in country and competitor costs. A number of interesting regularities emerge. When a … developed countries. In many cases, the measured responses to cost changes appear to correspond with outsourcing theories that …
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In this paper, we develop a simple model of international outsourcing and apply it to processing trade in China. We …
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-connected exchanges on digital platforms, 2) gravity model analyses of global outsourcing contract flows and their determinants for …
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In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert...
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