a more wage-oriented bargaining posture if their members are faced with a greater outsourcing threat. The model is able … to rationalise the empirically insignificant effects of outsourcing on wages. The findings are also consistent with the …

relevant prevalence of outsourcing and foreign direct investment. …

We study the determinants of the location of sub-contracted activity in a general equilibrium model of outsourcing and … trade. We model outsourcing as an activity that requires search for a partner and relationship-specific investments that are … governed by incomplete contracts. The extent of international outsourcing depends inter alia on the thickness of the domestic …

We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which …

) transactions in Europe and examines whether this form of outsourcing is more in harmony with the goals of the modern corporate.  …

Outsourcing is rapidly evolving beyond the simple reengineering of support processes. For many companies, outsourcing … addition to the baseline value of reducing costs and offloading unimportant activities, partnership with an outsourcing vendor … changing business needs. To classify an outsourcing program as truly “business transformation”, it must change the way the …

This paper focuses on the link between the three types of specificity and the complexity of outsourcing contracts …

, Japan and the United States engaged in outsourcing of relatively labor intensive segments of the value chain, especially on …

We study the determinants of the extent of outsourcing and of direct foreign investment in an industry in which …