This paper examines various economic issues on offshoring (international outsourcing). It begins with a discussion of …

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that …

With production activity tending rapidly towards international fragmentation, this study examines the consequences for … labour countries of the forms of specialisation brought about by fragmentation processes. It further addresses the risk that …

paper, we adapt a general model of fragmentation of production activities to try to capture the specific features of …

The paper studies fragmentation and outsourcing at the international level. …

. Outsourcing decisions then balance flexibility gains against hold-up costs of opportunistic behaviour by outside contractors. In … equilibrium, the degree of outsourcing is shown to depend on the degree of product market competition, contractor's bargaining … power, and the volatility of demand shocks. Our main result is that an increase in the degree of outsourcing amplifies the …

We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that …