In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and … explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical … analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation …

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 …

We explore the relationship between proximity of buyers and sellers and the organizational form of outsourcing …. Outsourcing can be "contractual" in which suppliers undertake specific investments or involve "generic" market transactions …

In this paper, we develop a simple model of international outsourcing and apply it to processing trade in China. We …

This book collects and reports on the results of a study conducted on the Chinese Software and Services Outsourcing …

not accounted for by differences in workers' characteristics, occupations, nor for differences in the employers' locations …

Does the offshoring of production degrade or enhance the innovative capabilities of manufacturing firms? We contribute … products to China. We find causal evidence that offshoring impacts both the level and nature of innovation. In the technologies … evidence of a second-order positive effect of offshoring on the levels of innovation--particularly product innovation--in other …