This paper examines the relationship between the share of employment potentially affected by offshoring and economic … statistical association between the share of both "non-clerical" and clerical occupations potentially affected by offshoring and …

In this paper, in order to study the impact of offshoring on sectoral and economy wide rates of unemployment, we … increases and sectoral unemployment decreases upon offshoring in the presence of perfect intersectoral labor mobility. If, as a … unemployment. With imperfect intersectoral labor mobility, unemployment in the offshoring sector can rise, with an unambiguous …

International Outsourcing has been traditionally looked upon as a low end cost effective servicing option to take … advantage of the cost arbitrage that exists across countries. Of late, many outsourcing vendors have realized that the … advantages of cost differentials that spurred a lot of the global outsourcing business in the past 20 years will disappear in the …

both of these effects are present and analyzes the effects of increased fragmentation and offshoring in the short run and …

country may avail options like – Joint venture, technology licensing, franchising, outsourcing etc. A host country’s choice of … outsourcing in the host country using Grossman-Helpman quality ladders framework. If the host absorptive capacity is above a … threshold level, outsourcing is more welfare enhancing vis-à-vis FDI; while even with lower than threshold absorptive capacity …

Despite the importance of outsourcing firms and the highly competitive nature of the outsourcing industry, there has … been minimal examination of outsourcing firm strategy. This paper investigates the strategic focus of 60 outsourcing firms …. Factor and cluster analysis reveal three outsourcing firm archetypes based on their strategic orientation, namely, super …

A review of development of school education in India reflects an expansionary phase of number of institutions and …

Building upon a larger research project at four sites in the Western Ghats of peninsular India, this study examines the …