This paper provides an analysis of outsourcing and trade in a spatial model a la Hotelling. In this setting, we discuss … the trade-off between transport-cost-related disadvantages and outsourcing-induced production cost advantages of a large …

Globalization and the growth of outsourcing and offshoring are challenging international trade regulations. This paper …

come to rely upon other corporations, whose core competencies are expertise in each specific business. Outsourcing is …. Within outsourcing operations and their management, the role of knowledge and trust is critical, especially with the growth … of strategic outsourcing. Therefore the article focuses on the concept of trust, trying to analyse its roots and its …

This paper analyzes a sequential game where firms decide about outsourcing the production of a non-specific input good … Tirole (1984) to characterize the different equilibria and find that outsourcing generally softens competition in the final … product market. If firms anticipate the impact of their outsourcing decisions on input prices, there may be equilibria where …

The paper examines possible reasons behind expanded outsourcing by modeling outsourcing decisions when intellectual … imitation by Southern firms. In this setting, a lower risk of imitation or larger labor supplies can cause increased outsourcing …

The paper presents an empirical analysis of "outsourcing" using establishment-level data for UK manufacturing … industries. The authors analyze an establishment's decision to outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the … establishment's productivity. Outsourcing is compared in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. The empirical results suggest …

asset specific to the fragment produced abroad, then fragmentation may cause a domestic welfare loss, because outsourcing … paper explores conditions under which outsourcing is beneficial for the domestic economy …

This paper considers the outsourcing choice of a downstream firm with its own upstream production assets. Using both a … feasible, outsourcing is to an established firm. This suggests the importance of pricing structure in evaluating the nature of … strategic outsourcing behavior …