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Outsourcing, Offshoring - Service Offshoring: Bane or Boon and What to Do?

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  • Robert Litan

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  • Lael Brainard & Robert Litan, 2004. "Outsourcing, Offshoring - Service Offshoring: Bane or Boon and What to Do?," CESifo Forum, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 5(02), pages 3-7, October.
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    4. J. Bradford Jensen & Lori G. Kletzer, 2005. "Tradable Services: Understanding the Scope and Impact of Services Outsourcing," Working Paper Series WP05-9, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
    5. Rosario Crinò, 2009. "Offshoring, Multinationals And Labour Market: A Review Of The Empirical Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(2), pages 197-249, April.
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    16. Johnson, Anick & Morissette, Rene, 2007. "Offshoring and Employment in Canada: Some Basic Facts," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2007300e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.

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    Keywords

    Lohnfertigung; Unternehmensdienstleistung; Outsourcing; Vereinigte Staaten; Offshore assembly; Business services; United States;
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    JEL classification:

    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production

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