Sourcing ; Family Firms ; Outsourcing ; Offshoring ; FDI … FDI coexists with international outsourcing, family firms unambiguously decrease FDI, whereas the effect on international … outsourcing is ambiguous: A substitution process may work towards an increase in international outsourcing activities. -- Global …

South. Offshoring to South however is subject to costly communication reflected by partially incomplete contracting. More …

has to overcome. If production abroad involves a fixed cost, offshoring one intermediate unambiguously facilitates … offshoring of other intermediates. However, if production abroad involves incomplete contracts, offshoring one intermediate …

increasing offshoring activity increases competition in the final goods market, leading to a progressive vertical disintegration … of the supply chains. Initially, the firms that decide to explore offshoring potential choose integration. As competition …

; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI … firms that are consistent with stylized facts from the recent empirical literature. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing …

integration)? Which firms choose to expand their sourcing activities across the national border (offshoring)? This letter provides … vertical integration and of offshoring tend to have been more productive ex ante than firms choosing not to do so. This finding …

uncertainty by observing offshoring firms' behaviour. The model characterises a sequential offshoring equilibrium path, led by the … Colombia, we test for the determinants and timing of offshoring decisions. We also derive spatial probit structural models to … identify the firms' dynamic trade-off when they decide on the offshoring location. We find supportive evidence for the model …

-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …

-South theoretical framework, I show that higher Northern tariffs reduce the incentives for outsourcing and offshoring, while higher … Southern tariffs have the opposite effects. I also show that increased offshoring and outsourcing imply an increase in the …. -- Intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; outsourcing tariffs …

This study investigates the impact of international outsourcing to low? and high income countries on total factor … international outsourcing of material inputs to low income countries is significantly negatively related to productivity growth …. Furthermore, while the narrow measure of international outsourcing of materials is not significant, purchased services from abroad …