. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …

from a low-wage country. Offshoring an intermediate is only profitable when it has matured sufficiently and the savings in … for parts that are only exported later, consistent with offshoring becoming gradually more difficult. …

. -- globalization ; outsourcing ; offshoring ; downsizing ; working conditions ; subjective well-being ; job satisfaction …This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying …

outsourcing and the lowest in foreign vertical integration. We find that robot adopters fragment their production further by … probability of adoption intensifies the effects on outsourcing and weakens the effects on vertical integration. In contrast to …

–South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply a decrease in the ratio …

improvements in the informal sector expand both offshoring and outsourcing, and the developed nation wage must rise. When the …We present a model of offshoring of tasks to a developing nation, which is characterized by a minimum wage formal … informal sector. An improvement in the productivity in performing offshored tasks in the developing country raises offshoring …

Using microdata, we analyse the determinants of firm relocation and outsourcing decisions and their effects on firms …

instrumental variables analysis. -- Services outsourcing ; offshoring ; innovation ; R&D …We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic … outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on …

This paper concerns public input provision as an instrument for redistribution under international outsourcing by using … the provision of public input goods in response to international outsourcing, and (ii) whether international outsourcing … justifies policy cooperation. If the public input good is substitutable for (complementary with) outsourcing in terms of the …