Etla » multinational firms http://www.etla.fi/en/ Elinkeinoelämän tutkimuslaitos Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:03:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Outsourcing and Offshoring – Overview from Finland in the Early 21st Century (in Finnish with English abstract and summary) http://www.etla.fi/en/publications/dp1059-en/ http://www.etla.fi/en/publications/dp1059-en/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.etla.fi/?p=4196 This study analyses the extent and motives of outsourcing and offshoring. We find that in early 2000, 10, 000 – 23, 000 jobs were transferred overseas from Finland. Annually this corresponds to approximately 1.0 – 2.5% of normal job losses and creations in the Finnish labour market. The majority of offshored jobs concern manufacturing tasks. Only a tiny number of R&D jobs have been relocated from Finland. Outsourcing is most commonly observed in ser-vice-related functions, but also manufacturing and R&D tasks have been outsourced. The main drivers of production outsourcings have been cost savings, capacity and flexibility increases. In terms of R&D outsourcing, attempts to acquire knowledge, increase flexibility and reduce costs are dominating motives.

Publication year: 2006
Pages: 24
Price: 10€
Language: Finnish
Discussion Papers no. 1059

]]> http://www.etla.fi/en/publications/dp1059-en/feed/ 0