Over the last three decades, outsourcing has had a big influence on the international division of labour. It is clear … in the export platforms of Asia. However, the influence of outsourcing on innovation capabilities is less clear. Recent … literature shows that innovation capabilities have emerged in the software cluster of Bangalore in India. This report asks …

with the idea that overseas outsourcing can only be a short-term answer to competitive pressures. However this is a measure …

an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral …’ incentive to outsource. Consumer gains from trade liberalisation are enhanced when it leads to less outsourcing. …

and Japan. Not anymore. The rising powers of China, India and Brazil are encroaching on the innovation stronghold of the … and Europe. The report shows that subsidiaries and independent suppliers in Brazil and India were involved in advanced … European lead firms has knock-on effects within Brazil and India. The research also distinguishes between different types of …

accumulation in Asia. This research note aims at, firstly, describing basic nature and structure of outsourcing business in Asia …

phase of large internationalization of the traditional regional productive network. These processes of external outsourcing …

We analyse decisions of firms on outsourcing of intermediate goods and R&D investment. If firms choose in … show that in outsourcing, all firms outsource to the same specialist to minimise the possibility of successful imitation in …