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Outsourcing
Business activity contracted to an external provider
Short definition
Contracting a business activity to an external provider. The work can remain in the same country or be performed abroad. The change concerns the organisation carrying out the activity.
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Primary sources
- Stijn Broecke, OECD, Offshoring, Reshoring, and the Evolving Geography of JobsWorking paper, page 7, Definitions and Figure 1: external provision and foreign location are separate dimensions.