The influence of human capital investment on the exports of services and goods: an analysis of the top 25 services outsourcing countries

Management International Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-445

  Contractor, Farok J ^a   Mudambi, Susan M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial services; Export competitiveness; Export marketing; Human capital; International outsourcing; Marginal productivity; Merchandise vs; Service economy; Services exports; Theory of wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349257035     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-008-0025-9     Document Type: Article

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