Antras, Pol; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban; Garicano, Luis - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
hierarchies in which organizations arise endogenously to make efficient use of agents' knowledge. Our theory highlights the role … of host-country management skills (middle management) in bringing about the emergence of international offshoring. By … shielding top management in the source country from routine problems faced by host country workers, the presence of middle …