proposes responses to the threat of lost jobs in Ireland due to the forces of globalization may offer useful insights for other …Purpose – The paper sets out to identify the challenges and potential responses Ireland has related to the potential … loss of jobs due to offshoring in a key Irish employment sector. The following research question is addressed. How can …

call centre business units and the threat to future employment posed by emerging technologies. Design …'s experiences to illustrate the relationship between call centre employment and property requirements; the mobility of both jobs and … view of the future prospects for UK call centre employment. However, current experiences regarding offshoring and the …

The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid … observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled workers. The direct effect of increased import competition on relative … employment seems to be small, except for the case of consumer electronics. Apparently, adjustment strategies induced by …

, the region has become increasingly dependent on GSCs for employment despite some short periods of sharp volatility and … productivity, it also shows that a positive relationship between increased GSC participation and greater wage employment, high …-skill employment, and female employment was limited to specific sectors. Several policies could strengthen the links between GSCs and …

This paper analyses how international outsourcing affects plant productivity, with the major contribution lying in the … affiliates, tfp increases are lower, insignificant and sometimes negative. On the other hand, a higher intensity of outsourcing …, indigenous non-exporters are found to increase tfp for two periods after entering into international outsourcing, while …

services that are required by these tradable sectors, to all jobs in the economy, which we call the trade-linked employment …