globalization process with particular reference to outsourcing/offshoring, to the ‘second unbundling’ and to the rise of an … al processo di outsourcing/offshoring, al fenomeno noto come “secondo spacchettamento” e allo sviluppo di un mercato …

Cusmano L., Mancusi M. L. and Morrison A. Globalization of production and innovation: how outsourcing is reshaping an … dimensions of firms' outsourcing. Based on a large survey of manufacturing firms in Lombardy, Italy, the analysis shows that … outsourcing is remarkably wide across sectors and has a clear regional dimension, concerning highly skilled firms at most …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …