This paper presents an empirical analysis of "outsourcing" using establishment level data for UK manufacturing … industries. We analyse an establishment's decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment …'s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …

Companies across industries gain the competitive advantage by outsourcing and offshoring. Developing countries are … becoming the attractive locations for the BPO/SSC enterprises. The article reviews the definition of outsourcing and offshoring … literature on outsourcing and offshoring. The article presents a preliminary analysis of offshoring sector in Poland. The …

In this paper we study the employment effects of changes in the levels and patterns of outsourcing in the Austrian … components. Outsourcing is modelled as changes in the shares of domestically produced intermediates. For this some further … indirect effects of changes in the levels and structures of outsourcing.Second, the framework takes account of all 60 sectors …