Offshoring, outsourcing and production fragmentation : linking macroeconomic and micro-business perspectives /: linking macroeconomic and micro-business perspectives. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mariusz-Jan Radło.
• Authors: Radło, Mariusz-Jan
• Contents: Cover ; Half-Title; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Offshoring, Outsourcing, Production Fragmentation: Definitions, Measures and Origin of the Research; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Definitions and taxonomies of offshoring and outsourcing; 1.3 Origin and main issues in research on offshoring and outsourcing; 1.4 Measuring offshoring and outsourcing; 1.5 Summary and conclusions; 2 Offshoring and Outsourcing in Economic Theories; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Offshoring and outsourcing in neoclassical theory of the firm. 2.3 Offshoring and outsourcing in the new institutional economics2.4 Offshoring and outsourcing in light trade theory; 2.5 Offshoring and outsourcing in the perspective of foreign direct investment theories; 2.6 Summary and conclusions; 3 Explaining and Modeling Offshoring and Outsourcing in Enterprises; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Evolution of the scope and structure of offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises; 3.3 Offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises: motives and location factors; 3.4 Models offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises; 3.5 Summary and conclusions. 4 Evolutionary View of International Production Fragmentation in Enterprises4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Case and comparative studies: data, method, results, and discussion; 4.3 Industry case studies; 4.4 Discussion of results; 4.5 Summary and conclusions; 5 Production Fragmentation in the World Economy; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Main trends in trade and FDI flows; 5.3 Offshoring and the development of global production chains; 5.4 Offshoring impact on wages, employment and labor productivity; 5.5 Summary and conclusions; Summary and Conclusions; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.6; Economics; Offshore outsourcing; Organizational change; International economic relations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; International economic relations; Offshore outsourcing; Organizational change; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Business & Economics -- Industries -- General; Business & Economics -- Strategic Planning; Macroeconomics; Economic systems & structures; Industry & industrial studies; Organizational theory & behaviour; Management science; Industrial organization; Macroeconomics; Industries; Organization; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Economics of industrial organisation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137571250
• Related ISBNs: 113757125X; 9781137571243; 9781349848478
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 15, 2016).
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