A service provider firm in an outsourcing relationship is distinct from a typical firm because it is not a stand alone …, rent, energy consumption cannot appropriately determine a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm's productivity. Academic … perspective of the host country, the sourcing firm, the global outsourcing industry and of course the service provider firm. In …

literature. We examine the nationality of relocating companies, the sectors and foreign locations affected and the job creation …

First moves towards a real understanding of offshoring date back to very recent times. In particular for Japan, the … studies conducted so far focus alone on the productivity effects of offshoring at the firm level. Here I carry out the …-2005. Moreover, I consider all industries within the economy and take account of both services and materials offshoring. My results …

Many companies in USA and Western Europe are taking advantage of developments in information technology and outsourcing … parts of the accounting process to vendors in other parts of the world. Offshore outsourcing of accounting presents some … concerned with the potential for an outsourcing partner's opportunistic behaviour. Drawing on multiple case studies of global …

integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in "outsourcing" of these same …

-level imports by country of origin and distinguish betweenfirm-level outsourcing of nal versus intfirmediate goods. Results indicate … that, both industry-level import competition andfirm-level outsourcing to China reducefirm employment growth and induce … skill upgrading. In contrast, industry-level imports have no e ect on Belgianfirm survival, whilefirm-level outsourcing of …

-level imports by country of origin and distinguish between firm-level outsourcing of final versus intermediate goods. Results … indicate that, both industry-level import competition and firm-level outsourcing to China reduce firm employment growth and …-level outsourcing of finished goods to China even increased firm's probability of survival. In terms of skill upgrading, the effect of …

outsourcing (IT-BPO) services industries. India and the Philippines in particular have offered educated human resources at low …