The determinants of outsourcing and offshoring strategies in industrial districts: Evidence from Italy

M. Capasso; L. Cusmano; A. Morrison

doi:10.1080/00343404.2011.571668

The determinants of outsourcing and offshoring strategies in industrial districts: Evidence from Italy

M. Capasso^*, L. Cusmano, A. Morrison

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Macro, International & Labour Economics

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Abstract

Capasso M., Cusmano L. and Morrison A. The determinants of outsourcing and offshoring strategies in industrial districts: evidence from Italy, Regional Studies. Outsourcing has increasingly become a distinguished feature of the recent evolution of industrial districts and it constitutes the object of this study. The study focuses on the industrial district of Castel Goffredo in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy, which is the largest European manufacturing area specialized in tights. It analyses the determinants of outsourcing as a function of firms' specific characteristics and how they affect the geographical reach of outsourcing relations. This firm-level analysis allows one to grasp the impact of firm heterogeneity on the outsourcing decision.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	465-479
Number of pages	15
Journal	Regional Studies
Volume	47
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2011.571668
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2013

Keywords

Offshoring
Outsourcing
Industrial districts
Ceramic sector
PRODUCER SERVICES
SAMPLE SELECTION
FIRMS
KNOWLEDGE
EXTERNALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION
AGGLOMERATION
PERFORMANCE
INNOVATION
CLUSTERS

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