In the last two decades, due to falling barriers to trade and investment, the world economic scenario has profoundly … offshoring of services towards India. …

This paper examines the various economic issues on offshoring (international outsourcing). It begins with a discussion … offshoring certain stages of production and the advantages of specializing in some input production and engaging in other input … trade. The paper then examines the recent trend in offshoring with emphasis on the rise of IT offshoring and also the …

-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …. -- Intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; outsourcing tariffs …

This paper analyses how increased offshoring impacts on labor income risk. It is therefore distinct from a large number … variability of incomes. It provides an assessment that directly connects labor income risk and offshoring trends in a panel … suggest that offshoring tends to lower permanent income risk. This effect is particularly strong for offshoring to low …

This paper studies firm offshoring behaviour following the Canada-Peru Foreign Investment Protection Agreement (FIPA … microdata show that the change is not simply offshoring by individual firms. FDI into Peru was in mining as opposed to … Peru was not associated with offshoring of Canadian firms …

This paper tests the assumption that offshoring of production activities leads to less innovation in the home country … offshoring firms employ more people in R&D and design, introduce more frequently new products, and invest more frequently in … advanced process technologies compared to non-offshoring firms. Concerns that offshoring may hurt innovation because of the …

Despite sustained public debate about the current wave of offshoring, there has been limited international business … from competitive advantage in the face of offshoring. Digitization and I.T. have allowed the scope of offshoring to expand … and asset utilization (Ricardian) rents are threatened by offshoring, while rents based on market power (monopoly rents …