Bayo-Moriones, Alberto; Galdon-Sanchez, Jose Enrique; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper we empirically explore the 'make-or-buy' decisions of peripheral services in manufacturing plants using … Spain. In particular, survey respondents are asked how their contracting practices of peripheral services had changed in the … integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …