and substantial increase in the outsourcing and offshoring of ICT development, maintenance and support contracts. Each and … and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, BT is taking a strategic approach to outsourcing: this has resulted in a rapid … every outsourcing decision could have major security, legal, regulatory and contractual impacts. It is generally recognised …

Outsourcing and offshoring are changing the nature of the firm, and producing unprecedented international relocation of … where and why?’ to explain the outsourcing/offshoring phenomenon. We present a novel modelling approach to represent a firm … outsourcing and offshoring to the organization of the firm, and offer propositions that frame our economic modelling approach. We …

efficiencies is by offshoring selected business operations to overseas firms. Such offshoring, however, has generated public … concern and, in some cases, outrage. Angst against offshoring is based on many perceptions, including perceived job losses and … relations problem in justifying their offshoring activities. Yet, no systematic study has investigated why some consumers feel …

This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …

We combine new information technology (IT) offshoring and IT workforce microdata to investigate how the use of IT … outsourcing, and whether firms choose to build or buy software. Instrumental variables and corroborating regressions suggest that …

This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …

It is striking that by far the lion’s share of empirical studies on the impact of outsourcing on firms considers … industrialized countries. However, outsourcing by firms from emerging economies is far from negligible and growing. This paper … investigates the link between outsourcing and innovation empirically using firm-level data for over 20 emerging market economies …