Diasporas and outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1677-1697

  Ghani, Ejaz ^a   Kerr, William R ^b,c,d   Stanton, Christopher ^e  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BANK OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaspora; Ethnicity; India; Networks; ODesk; Outsourcing; South Asia

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

DIASPORA; ETHNICITY; INDIA; ODESK; SOUTH ASIA;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 84903957095     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1832     Document Type: Article

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