We examine the role of firm strategy in the global effort to combat pollution. We find that U.S. plants release less … toxic emissions when their parent firm imports more from low-wage countries (LWCs). Consistent with the Pollution Haven … Hypothesis, goods imported by U.S. firms from LWCs are in more pollution-intensive industries. U.S. plants shift production to …

countries the level of outsourcing reached its limits at the beginning of the new millennium. At the same time, the offshoring … expenditures approach that allows us to consistently analyse the role of i) outsourcing, ii) offshoring and iii) changes in final … contrast to some recent studies, we show that the importance of manufacturing for the world economy has not declined during the …

"In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and … explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical … analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation"-- …

on enterprise offshoring behaviour, with offshoring to regions outside of the advanced European Union's economies being …

international production networks, on which growth in manufacturing has become increasingly dependent in the contemporary world …

In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and … explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical … analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation …