Outsourcing and Offshoring of Business Services: How Important is Ict?
研究信息通信技术如何影响企业选择自制还是外包服务，以及是否将活动转移到海外。发现ICT密集度高的企业更倾向于从市场购买服务，也更可能进行离岸采购。
This paper considers the impact that information and communication technology (ICT) has on firms' choices over organisational form. In particular, the decision over whether to produce in-house or outsource services, and the decision over the location of activity. ICT reduces the transaction and adjustment costs of moving activity outside the firm, and of carrying it out at greater geographic distance. We find that more ICT-intensive firms purchase a greater amount of services on the market and they are more likely to purchase offshore than less ICT-intensive firms.