Beyond job losses: The net effects of offshoring and inshoring on employment in the Danish economy

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-144

  Ørberg Jensen, Peter D ^a   Funk Kirkegaard, Jacob ^b   S⊘ndergaard Laugesen, Nicolai ^c  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

^c VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Labour market; Management strategy; National economy; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010962153     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538290910973358     Document Type: Article

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