RELATJONSHIP BETWEEN OUTSOURCING; CAPITAL MOBILITY, TRADE AND LABOR MOVEMENT , ,CASE STUDY OF FOUR MENA COUNTRIES DURING THE PERIOD 1997/1998-2006/2007

Abstract

This study tries to examine international outsourcing as a different mechanism implemented by major Transnational Corporations (TNCs) towards expansion in developing countries.

In addition of being a different mechanism towards expansion in developing countries, international outsourcing is considered as a different mode of production that requires a different organizational structure of TNCs. The study investigates how TNCs decides about the mode of production and discusses the trade-off between FDI and international outsourcing.

Recently, arguments with regards to the threats and the opportunities of international outsourcing have gained great momentum in the United States, the European Union (EU) and in developing countries. Therefore, it was necessary that the study make roOm to discuss these various arguments.