In this paper, we review recent developments in the field of outsourcing and offshoring and the implications for … engineering management. We examine three aspects involved in outsourcing and offshoring, namely, sourcing models, coordination …, and value extracted from outsourcing projects. We conclude that additional research is needed on recent trends in …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the occupational task profile using rich … individual-level panel data. Our main results suggest that, when only considering within-industry changes in offshoring, we … identify a moderate wage reduction due to offshoring for low-skilled workers, though wage effects in relation to the task …

It is striking that by far the lion's share of empirical studies on the impact of outsourcing on firms considers … industrialized countries. However, outsourcing by firms from emerging economies is far from negligible and growing. This paper … investigates the link between outsourcing and innovation empirically using firm-level data for over 20 emerging market economies …

It is striking that by far the lion’s share of empirical studies on the impact of outsourcing on firms considers … industrialized countries. However, outsourcing by firms from emerging economies is far from negligible and growing. This paper … investigates the link between outsourcing and innovation empirically using firm-level data for over 20 emerging market economies …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very … on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but far …

The paper investigates the relationship between offshoring, wages, and the ease with which individuals' tasks can be … suitability of a task for offshoring and the associated skill level. Accordingly, wage effects of offshoring can be very … on offshoring. Our main results suggest that in partial equilibrium, wage effects of offshoring are fairly modest but far …

contains a set of theoretical papers on the distributional effects of offshoring. …

incorporating production offshoring into a North-South model of directed technical change. We �find that if offshoring is present … change in the North. This fi�nding highlights the different implications of offshoring and conventional trade on innovation …. Furthermore, we �find that an increase in the Southern stock of capital reduces offshoring and also leads to skill …

We investigate the impact of offshoring on individual level wages and unemployment probabilities and pay particular …. Data are taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), linked with industry-level data on offshoring of materials and … significant reduction in wages as materials offshoring increases, while permanent workers' wages are unaffected or even tend to …

In this study, we predict a pattern of offshoring and reshoring over the course of economic development. We achieve … this, by extending Grossman and Rossi-Hansberg's (2008) model of offshoring in a simple way by assuming that offshoring … country has two opposing effects on offshoring. On the one hand, it increases the wage rate of workers rendering offshoring …