One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment …

outsourcing activities, the increased flow of direct foreign investment and its heterogeneous regional distribution, the increased …

down outsourcing into two types by distinguishing whether or not they involve technology sharing between the two parties … technology-sharing-outsourcing IPRs promote outsourcing of more complex goods to a destination country by guaranteeing the … protection of their technology, (ii) for non-technology-related-outsourcing IPRs attract the outsourcing of less complex products …