Using the universe of large Canadian manufacturing firms in 1988 and 1996, we investigate to what extent outsourcing … outsourcing less likely; (ii) complementarities between the investments of the buyer and the seller are also associated with less … outsourcing; (iii) property rights predictions on the link between investment intensities and optimal ownership are only supported …

In this paper we argue that an important source of the recent increase in outsourcing is the computer and information … technological change increases outsourcing because it allows firms to use services based on leading edge technologies without … outsourcing costs of IT-based services generating a positive correlation between the IT level of the user and its outsourcing …