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Outsourcing as a Risk Management Mechanism for Domestic Manufacturing Capacity Investment

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  • Nikolay Osadchiy
  • Shi Qiu
  • Sridhar Seshadri

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We propose two perspectives on the shift from U.S. domestic manufacturing to Asia in 1990–2011: production cost arbitrage and the management of supply-demand mismatch. In our model, a firm facing demand uncertainty decides between investing in domestic or overseas production capacity. The model predicts greater investment overseas when the cost arbitrage is high, switching cost is low, demand volatility is high, and the systematic risk in demand is above a certain threshold. Empirically, we observe strong support for the cost arbitrage motive in 1990–2000 and the risk management motive in 2001–2011, i.e., after China’s entry into the WTO. We estimate that investing into risk mitigation could have saved more than 400,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs.

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  • Nikolay Osadchiy & Shi Qiu & Sridhar Seshadri, 2024. "Outsourcing as a Risk Management Mechanism for Domestic Manufacturing Capacity Investment," Foundations and Trends(R) in Technology, Information and Operations Management, now publishers, vol. 18(1), pages 84-102, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:fnttom:0200000114-4
    DOI: 10.1561/0200000114-4
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