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This paper discusses the growing dimensions of the offshoring of service activities both in manufacturing and service industries. Trade in Value-Added data implies a great potential of service offshoring for global welfare, however, the negative effects have to be balanced by appropriate institutions in domestic and foreign countries.
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Marc Atkins, University of Paderborn, Germany.
Bernard Michael Gilroy, University of Paderborn, Germany.
Volker Seiler, International Business School Suzhou at XJTLU, China.
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Atkins, M., Gilroy, B.M. & Seiler, V. New Dimensions of Service Offshoring in World Trade. Intereconomics 54, 120–126 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-019-0805-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-019-0805-4