Moderating effects of the relationship between offshore outsourcing and the export capability of firms

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dc.contributor.authorDanvila del Valle, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorGarcilarso Lagunesa, S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-18T05:50:42Z
dc.date.available2023-06-18T05:50:42Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the effect of offshore outsourcing on the export performance of firms, based on the theories of international business, the resource-based view of the firm and the transaction cost theory. Outsourcing can reduce production costs and increase flexibility. It can also provide new resources and market knowledge. However, the impact of offshore outsourcing depends on the resources and capabilities of firms to manage a network of foreign suppliers, and to absorb knowledge of foreign markets. Using a database of about 1,000 manufacturing companies in Mexico in 2011, we found that offshore outsourcing increases the performance of exports. The effects are stronger in export markets from which the company also imports intermediate goods. The results also show that the size of the company, the organization of intra-firm imports and export experience moderate the effects of outsourcing in a positive way.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Organización de Empresas
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
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dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://journals.co.za/content/busman/47/2/EJC190099
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23461
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleSouth African Journal of Business Management - 2016
dc.page.final42
dc.page.initial32
dc.publisherAssociation of Professional Management (APM)
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dc.subject.keywordExport
dc.subject.keywordoffshore outsourcing
dc.subject.keywordMarket knowledge.
dc.subject.ucmComercio
dc.subject.ucmEmpresas
dc.subject.unesco5304.03 Comercio exterior
dc.subject.unesco5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas
dc.titleModerating effects of the relationship between offshore outsourcing and the export capability of firms
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dc.volume.number47
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