Outsourcing, an operations strategy that influences the performance of a supply chain, has
become an important component of global operations management. An effective global …

The growing offshoring process is the result of the fragmentation of production processes
and the creation of global supply chains. This process has increased final and intermediate …

Making use of a large panel data set on Italian manufacturing firms, we provide evidence on
the effect of imports on the firm's export performance. We distinguish imports of …

International outsourcing seems to be a cost efficient way of production. However, there are
serious concerns about its long term impacts on the environmental, social and economic …

The fear of massive job losses has prompted a fast-growing literature on offshoring and its
impact on employment in advanced economies. This article examines the situation for …

The paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing of labor intensive activities to low-
wage economies. This trend challenges the two basic functions of the welfare state …

Recent studies report that technological developments in machine learning and artificial
intelligence present a significant risk to jobs in advanced countries. We re-estimate …

This paper assesses the employment impact of offshoring in five European countries
(Germany, Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom), distinguishing between different …

Technological innovations while economically prudent may have harmful consequences to
the planet and/or people. This paper empirically investigates the moderating effect of …

This paper extends the literature on the implications of offshoring for labour markets by
investigating its effect on the wages of different skill groups in a broad global context. The …