Offshoring of Services:

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Offshoring of Services Threats and
Opportunities NAFIC 2005
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Dan Trefler Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research (CIAR) December 15, 2009
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Most Canadian Service Offshoring is with the OECD
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Offshore Service Imports and Exports are Growing
Fast
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Share of World Service Exports The Sick Man of
NA?
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other
Finland
Australia
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Canada Wrong end of the Value Chain?
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The American Dis
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Institutions Matter
(Kaufmann et. al, 1999)
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The 64,000 Job Question Whither China and India?
Ironclad Law of Comparative Advantage