The decision to make or buy” an input is usually studied with reference to the home country. However, since the offshored input is produced in a host country, there is a strong reason to believe that the host country factors would also influence the organization decision of offshore...

The theory on organization of offshore production is most often viewed through the lens of a source country. Moreover, internalization literature in a vertical production transfer context is divorced from its welfare consequences. That is, the decision to “make or buy” offshore input is...