Recent writing on contemporary organisations is suggestive of extensive moves to create more responsive and flexible firms. Such claims often rest on studies of exceptional organisations or atypical sectors. Drawing on large-scale surveys of organisational innovations in Europe and Japan, this...

Summary This paper investigates the growth of offshoring administrative and technical task by German and US firms. We consider the relevant theories and related factors that influence the decision to initiate and pursue offshoring. We link offshoring implementation decisions by German and US...