Global value chains (GVCs) emerged as the paradigm for the international organization of
production. For most goods and services production is nowadays vertically fragmented …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the effects of offshoring and foreign activities of
multinational enterprises on developed countries' labour markets. Results suggest that …

Outsourcing Economics has a double meaning. First, it is a book about the economics of
outsourcing. Second, it examines the way that economists have understood globalization as …

The organization of modern economies is built upon an efficient transport system and an
increasing role is played by the logistics sector in overcoming the constraints of time and …

This article investigates the dynamics and the international distribution of vertical
specialization (VS)-the use of imported inputs to produce goods that are afterwards …

Using several data sources, we assess the impact of Italy's outward foreign direct investment
(FDI) on local employment growth between 1996 and 2001 for 12 manufacturing industries …

We propose a multilevel network approach as an alternative framework to analyse the
international organisation of an industrial sector. We present a novel application of a …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity
growth in the Italian manufacturing industries in 1995–2003. Our results indicate that the off …

Global trade integrates not only markets for products, services, finance and technology, but
also, directly and indirectly, markets for labor. Indeed, rising protectionism and the growing …

Vertical specialization (VS) is quantified by the VS share, which measures the average
import content per dollar of exports. A characteristic of China's export trade is its strong …