Global supply chains: Who actually makes the iPod? (Hal Varian, UC Berkeley)
Look at all the companies involved from making the parts to final assembly
Outsourcing
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Background reading to expand your understanding of the daily business and economics news. |
Globalization of Services Blog (University of Michigan)
Insightful discussion of business and policy implications of increasing global trade in services.
Globalisation: the great unbundling(s) (Richard Baldwin)
The nature of globalisation is changing and outsourcing is at the root of these changes.
Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution? (Alan S. Blinder)
Answers the question: "What work tasks can be outsourced?"
