influence the demand for outsourcing. We show that outsourcing becomes more beneficial to the firm when technology is changing … expensive than outsourcing. The model therefore provides an explanation for the recent increases in outsourcing that have taken … model, namely, that all other things equal, the demand for outsourcing increases with the probability of technological …

evidence that suggests that the increase in non-routine cognitive workplaces is linked to the growth in outsourcing of …

We study the timing of new technology adoption in markets with input outsourcing, and thus with vertical relations. We … find that technology adoption can take place earlier when firms engage in input outsourcing than when they produce the …