Original paper
The Global Platform Economy: A New Offshoring Institution Enabling Emerging-Economy Microproviders
Abstract
Global online platforms match firms with service providers around the world, in services ranging from software development to copywriting and graphic design. Unlike in traditional offshore outsourcing, service providers are predominantly one-person microproviders located in emerging-economy countries not necessarily associated with offshoring and often disadvantaged by negative country images. How do these microproviders survive and thrive? We...
Paper Details
Title
The Global Platform Economy: A New Offshoring Institution Enabling Emerging-Economy Microproviders
Published Date
Aug 23, 2018
Journal
Volume
45
Issue
2
Pages
567 - 599
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