with the idea that overseas outsourcing can only be a short-term answer to competitive pressures. However this is a measure …

an intermediate component in-house or purchasing it from a domestic supplier. We model outsourcing as a bilateral …’ incentive to outsource. Consumer gains from trade liberalisation are enhanced when it leads to less outsourcing. …

Over the last three decades, outsourcing has had a big influence on the international division of labour. It is clear … in the export platforms of Asia. However, the influence of outsourcing on innovation capabilities is less clear. Recent … models and outsourcing patterns. The study shows that the adoption of open business models in OECD countries has a major …

accumulation in Asia. This research note aims at, firstly, describing basic nature and structure of outsourcing business in Asia …

phase of large internationalization of the traditional regional productive network. These processes of external outsourcing …

We analyse decisions of firms on outsourcing of intermediate goods and R&D investment. If firms choose in … show that in outsourcing, all firms outsource to the same specialist to minimise the possibility of successful imitation in …

sort into foreign outsourcing. We show that multinational firms are able to shift profits abroad even if they fully comply …