outsourcing grew at rates experienced during 1996-2005 in business, professional and technical services i.e., in segments where … outsourcing (1) would switch 4-digit occupations 2 percent less often, (2) would spend 0.1 percent less time unemployed, and (3 …We examine the impact on U.S. labor markets of offshore outsourcing in services to China and India. We also consider …

reduce the relative prevalence of FDI or foreign outsourcing. The impact on the composition of offshoring depends on whether … supplier locations, and then study the effects of changes in the quality of contractual institutions on the relative prevalence … of these organizational forms. Better contracting institutions in the South raise the prevalence of offshoring, but may …

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …

outsourcing decisions are affected by changes in country and competitor costs. A number of interesting regularities emerge. When a … developed countries. In many cases, the measured responses to cost changes appear to correspond with outsourcing theories that …

business value through information systems (IS) outsourcing. Important topics in this realm are how IS outsourcing can … who seek a more profound analysis and understanding of the underlying factors and mechanisms of outsourcing. …

behandelt ausführlich begriffliche Grundlagen und vielfältige Facetten des Offshoring – eingebettet in ein praxisorientiertes IT …

Business Process Offshoring (BPO), das globale Outsourcing IT-basierter Geschäftsprozesse, bietet nicht nur die …

We link industry-level data on trade and offshoring with individual-level worker data from the Current Population …