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Offshoring
Relocating an activity to another country
Short definition
Moving all or part of an activity to another country. It can remain within the same corporate group or be contracted to an external company. Using a foreign external provider combines offshoring with outsourcing.
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- Stijn Broecke, OECD, Offshoring, Reshoring, and the Evolving Geography of JobsWorking paper, page 7, Definitions and Figure 1: transfer to a foreign affiliate or to an unaffiliated provider.