What goes around, comes around: Effects of offshore outsourcing on the export performance of firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 334-344

  Bertrand, Olivier ^a,b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

econometrics; exports; inward outward connections; multinational corporations (MNCs) and enterprises (MNEs); offshoring; outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251527526     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.26     Document Type: Article

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