This paper estimates the effects of materials and services offshoring on international competitiveness in the Korean manufacturing industries from 2000 to 2009 using dynamic panel analysis techniques. The empirical results show that services offshoring has a significant positive effect on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the offshoring-employment relationship under globalization in Korean manufacturing for the period from 1998 to 2010 using industry-level panel data and Generalized Method of Moments. Design/methodology/approach – For the first time in the...