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Informationen zum Autor Mariusz-Jan Radlo is an economist with experience in private, central government, and academic sectors. Since 2004, he has worked as a research fellow at the Warsaw School of Economics. Since 2009 he is a managing partner at SEENDICO in Warsaw, Poland. Klappentext In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and explains the impact of this phenomenon on the economies and enterprises. Key features include a comprehensive theoretical explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical consequences of the mentioned phenomenon for the development of the global economy, national economies, concrete industries and enterprises. Unlike other publications, which are often characterized by narrow management or a macroeconomic approach to the analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation. Zusammenfassung In this book, Radlo increases understanding of offshoring, outsourcing and international production fragmentation, and explains the impact of this phenomenon on the economies and enterprises. Key features include a comprehensive theoretical explanation of offshoring and outsourcing at both macroeconomic and microeconomic level, as well as an explanation of practical consequences of the mentioned phenomenon for the development of the global economy, national economies, concrete industries and enterprises. Unlike other publications, which are often characterized by narrow management or a macroeconomic approach to the analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, Radlo's text offers real insight into the global impact of production fragmentation. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: OFFSHORING, OUTSOURCING, PRODUCTION FRAGMENTATION: DEFINITIONS, MEASURES AND ORIGIN OF THE RESEARCH 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Definitions and taxonomies of offshoring and outsourcing 1.3. Origin and main issues in research on offshoring and outsourcing 1.4. Measuring offshoring and outsourcing 1.5. Summary and conclusions PART II: OFFSHORING AND OUTSOURCING IN ECONOMIC THEORIES 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Offshoring and outsourcing in neoclassical theory of the firm 2.3. Offshoring and outsourcing in the new institutional economics 2.4. Offshoring and outsourcing in light trade theory 2.5. Offshoring and outsourcing in the perspective of foreign direct investment theories 2.6. Summary and conclusions PART III: EXPLAINING AND MODELLING OFFSHORING AND OUTSOURCING IN ENTERPRISES 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Evolution of the scope and structure of offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises 3.3. Offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises: motives and location factoors 3.4. Models offshoring and outsourcing in enterprises 3.5. Summary and conclusions PART IV: EVOLUTIONARY VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION FRAGMENTATI...
