Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run …. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might still be positive. This paper particularly … focuses on IT outsourcing and its medium-term effects on employment growth. Therefore, a three year time period from 2003 to …

literature. Some authors find beneficial effects of IT outsourcing, others underline that firms often fail to achieve expected … support the theoretical arguments and suggest a positive linear relationship between the level of outsourcing and process …

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. …

Aim of this paper is to explore the main drivers of outsourcing of knowledge intensive business services by Italian … business-related services; second, we estimate the main factors underlying the intensity and complexity of KIBS outsourcing …

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. -- Labor productivity …

literature. Some authors find beneficial effects of IT outsourcing, others underline that firms often fail to achieve expected … support the theoretical arguments and suggest a positive linear relationship between the level of outsourcing and process … Innovation ; Process Innovation ; KIBS ; IT Outsourcing ; ZEW ICT survey …