Thomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalization will not survive in the global … economy. First, we critically discuss Friedman's views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical …

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

Recent contributions on offshoring often assume that firms can freely split their production process into separate … technologically determined sequence of production steps. In our model, cost savings from offshoring fluctuate along the production … from offshoring even if relocating individual steps would be advantageous in terms of offshoring costs, or they may …

We analyze the effects of offshoring of intermediate input production on labor demand in Sweden, distinguishing between … offshoring …

.e., managers, professionals and experts), especially when offshoring involves closer connections to other developed countries. …

equilibrium where input sub-bundles may be traded (offshoring). The model allows for several goods and two fragments, produced …. I also explore trade policy implications and compare offshoring to migration. …