Frontmatter -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Past developments and recent trends in offshoring of white-collar services -- 2 Conceptualisation of advanced business services and offshoring -- 3 Theory of offshoring of advanced business services -- 4 Business perspective on...

This is one of few books in the market dealing with offshoring of professional services, the dynamic phenomenon of high relevance in the global economy. The unique feature of the book is merging economic and business approaches to offshoring of professional services, so called offshoring of...

This is one of few books in the market dealing with offshoring of professional services, the dynamic phenomenon of high relevance in the global economy. The unique feature of the book is merging economic and business approaches to offshoring of professional services, so called offshoring of...

Firms can generally access foreign markets through exporting or local production. If a firm considers production in a host country, it must decide whether to acquire an existing company or to create a completely new establishment. The latter issue has been less frequently addressed in the...