The aim of this paper is to provide firm-level evidence on the short-run link between outsourcing and labor … find a positive effect on productivity from outsourcing only if firms provide training for the workforce. This indirect … impact on productivity is independent of the type of activity outsourced and is bigger in the case of service outsourcing …

Outsourcing is widely associated with accompanied job losses in the outsourcing firm, at least in the short run …. However, the medium and long run effects of outsourcing on employment growth might still be positive. This paper particularly … focuses on IT outsourcing and its medium-term effects on employment growth. Therefore, a three year time period from 2003 to …

flexible. Outsourcing decisions, which originally were limited to production which had a modest technological content and was …. Gradually an outsourcing strategy has developed which has found it convenient to outsource even core competencies and functions … outsourcing strategy has a number of advantages, among which quality improvement, a greater focus on managing other core …

We examine the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. Our data are taken from oDesk, the … further examine wage and performance outcomes of outsourcing as a function of ethnic connections …