Firms' Use of Outside Contractors: Theory and Evidence
分析企业外包商业支持服务的决策，发现工资福利节省、产出需求波动和外部承包商专业技能三个因素影响外包行为，基于企业层面数据验证，有助于理解外包增长及企业与员工关系。
A firm's decision to contract out for business support services may be influenced by the wage and benefit savings it could realize, the volatility of its output demand, and the availability of specialized skills possessed by the outside contractor. Analysis of newly available establishment-level data shows that all three of these factors help to explain observed contracting behavior. The reported empirical findings are relevant both for understanding the recent growth in business support service contracting and for understanding firms' relationships with their own employees. Copyright 1996 by University of Chicago Press.