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

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 …

This paper reviews the political uproar over offshore outsourcing connected with the release of the Economic Report of … offshore outsourcing, and assesses the empirical evidence on the importance of offshore outsourcing in accounting for the weak … offshore outsourcing is unlikely to have accounted for a meaningful part of the job losses in the recent downturn or …

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 …

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 …

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

vendor, the development of trust in these relationships, the factors affecting locations for offshoring, and specialized … capture and creation; Shaila M Miranda, C. Bruce Kavan -- Part II. From Outsourcing to Offshoring and Business Process … Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), theoretical chapters explore insightful ways of thinking …

National Borders -- 8 Capital, Labor, and Boundaries of Offshoring Firms -- 9 Barriers to Cross-border Outsourcing -- 10 …This book is the first book that provides comprehensive economic analysis of cross-border outsourcing by Japanese … availability about outsourcing, but research contained in this book exploits unique firm-level data and directly tests theoretical …