What changes the number of jobs offshored?

As China’s Workers Get a Raise, Companies Fret: Anticipated impact on Offshoring « The Operations Room

This is a very interesting analysis of why jobs in manufacturing might move back here, or at least out of China.

Those of you who are into the nuts and bolts modeling will want to read the following Management Science article.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/vanmieghem/htm/pubs/2010_Allon_Van%20Mieghem_Global%20Dual%20Sourcing_Mgt%20Science.pdf