their share of output has decreased significantly and Finland has specialized more and more in high technology industries … differs from the pattern of the revealed technological advantage of many other countries. Internationally compared Finland has …

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 …

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 …

Municipal employees and private-sector employees in Finland belong to separate earnings-related pension systems. Both … strengthens that of the private-sector system. Outsourcing, however, is not the only factor affecting the relative size of the two … municipalities, may increase the number of municipal employees substantially during the next 20 years even if outsourcing becomes …

of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account: offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring. The … manufacturing and service sectors offshore outsourcing of services has a positive effect on employment. In addition it was found … offshoring channel. Offshore outsourcing of R&D has a positive effect on the anticipated domestic employment, whereas in …

This paper reviews the characteristics and magnitude of information technology (IT) outsourcing as well as studies its …-Internet business-to-business applications (e.g., EDI) is the leading activity in this respect. The various dimensions of IT outsourcing … findings nevertheless suggest that IT outsourcing may have significant economic consequences. …

Finland. Based on qualitative data our results support the view that offshore outsourcing decisions are usually cost …This exploratory study examines outsourcing and offshoring of software development by analysing Indian companies in … probably increase not only through outsourcing, but also through in-house operations. In addition to India, other potential …