@article{oai:ynu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002041,
 author = {Tomiura, Eiichi},
 issue = {2},
 journal = {International Review of Economics & Finance},
 month = {},
 note = {application/pdf, postprint, The decision about where to outsource varies across firms and industries. General machinery heavily depends on domestic subcontractors, while outsourcing overseas is prevalent in apparel. Based on firm-level data explicitly distinguishing foreign outsourcing from domestic outsourcing in all manufacturing industries, this paper finds that firms tend to prefer domestic outsourcing to foreign outsourcing when they are R&D-intensive. This finding is consistent with incomplete contracting models, since technologically complex products are likely to require high-quality contracting environment and assembler-supplier proximity. This paper also finds that firms connected with computer networks are actively outsourcing.},
 pages = {219--226},
 title = {Foreign versus Domestic Outsourcing : Firm-level Evidence on the Role of Technology},
 volume = {18},
 year = {2008}
}