Separable but not equal: The location determinants of discrete services offshoring activities

Volume: 40, Issue: 6, Pages: 926 - 943
Published: Aug 1, 2009
Abstract
In this paper we explore the question of why firms offshore particular services to specific geographic locations. We draw on research related to the unique characteristics of services in trade and commerce, and more recent analyses of the transnational unbundling and spatial dispersion of business processes. We move beyond a simple assessment of the cost sensitivity or relative sophistication of offshoring services and develop a typology...
Paper Details
Title
Separable but not equal: The location determinants of discrete services offshoring activities
Published Date
Aug 1, 2009
Volume
40
Issue
6
Pages
926 - 943
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