outsourcing activities, the increased flow of direct foreign investment and its heterogeneous regional distribution, the increased …

influence the demand for outsourcing. We show that outsourcing becomes more beneficial to the firm when technology is changing … expensive than outsourcing. The model therefore provides an explanation for the recent increases in outsourcing that have taken … model, namely, that all other things equal, the demand for outsourcing increases with the probability of technological …

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic …

We present a dynamic model where the probability of outsourcing production is increasing in the firm's expectation of … outsourcing. No prior study has been able to provide such causal evidence. Our results are robust to the inclusion of detailed …

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment …