core functions provided the cost of outsourcing is not too high. In this paper, we build a model to show how contraction in … out to say, India (abroad). We identify the conditions under which switching from pure domestic production to outsourcing …

procurement increases international services outsourcing by between 1.6 and 2.5 percent for the FE and D-in-D matching estimators …. Although no existing work has yet reported effects for international materials outsourcing we find that Web procurement … decreases international materials outsourcing by between 2.2 and 3.7 percent. …

We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic … outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … innovative activity at the plant level. Such a positive effect can also be observed for domestic outsourcing of services, but the …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing …. Specifically, we distinguish the effect of outsourcing of materials from services inputs. Moreover, we examine whether the impact … multinational. Our results show robust evidence for positive effects from outsourcing of services inputs for exporters, either …

We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic … outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … innovative activity at the plant level. Such a positive effect can also be observed for domestic outsourcing of services, but the …

outsourcing tax on an economy in which the production of a specific intermediate input has been fragmented and outsourced. If the … outsourced sector provides a non-traded input, the outsourcing tax can have adverse impact on labor even if it is the most … labor. In the case where the intermediate input is traded, the outsourcing tax closes down either the intermediate input …