The determinants of offshore production by multinational corporations: a comparison of Japanese and U.S. multinational corporations / Toshiyuki Matsuura, Kiyoyasu Tanaka, and Shujiro Urata -- Does material and service offshoring improve domestic productivity? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries / Keiko Ito and Kiyoyasu Tanaka -- Does firm boundary matter? The effect of offshoring on productivity of Japanese firms / Banri Ito, Eiichi Tomiura and Ryuhei Wakasugi -- Global sourcing: evidence from Spanish firm-level data / Wilhelm K Kohler and Marcel Smolka -- The effects of offshoring on the composition of employment in Italy / Anna M. Falzoni and Lucia Tajoli -- International production/distribution networks in East Asia and domestic operations: evidence from Japanese firms / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura -- Japan's exports and employment / Kozo Kiyota -- What determines the extensive margin of international trade? An investigation of the cross-section of U.S. imports / Peter Debaere and Shalah Mostashari -- Modes of East Asian trade and foreign direct investment: U.S. and Japan / K.C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka, and Alan Siu -- The influence of multinational exposure on private Chinese trade / Deborah L. Swenson -- The effects of foreign direct investment on China's labor market / Theresa M. Greaney and Yao Li -- Clusters, productivity, and exports in Taiwanese manufacturing industries / Eric Y. Cho and Hideki Yamawaki. pt. I. Fragmentation and outsourcing. ch. 1. The determinants of offshore production by multinational corporations: a comparison of Japanese and U.S. multinational corporations / Toshiyuki Matsuura, Kiyoyasu Tanaka, and Shujiro Urata. Comment / Linda Tesar. ch. 2. Does material and service offshoring improve domestic productivity? Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industries / Keiko Ito and Kiyoyasu Tanaka. Comment / Isao Kamata. ch. 3. Does firm boundary matter? The effect of offshoring on productivity of Japanese firms / Banri Ito, Eiichi Tomiura, and Ryuhei Wakasugi. Comment / Wilhelm K. Kohler. ch. 4. Global sourcing: evidence from Spanish firm-level data / Wilhelm K. Kohler and Marcel Smolka. Comment / Jagadeesh Sivadasan. ch. 5. The effects of offshoring on the composition of employment in Italy / Anna M. Falzoni and Lucia Tajoli. Comment / Kei-Mu Yi -- pt. II. Effects of trade and foreign direct investment. ch. 6. International production/distribution networks in East Asia and domestic operations: evidence from Japanese firms / Mitsuyo Ando and Fukunari Kimura. Comment / Vitor Trindade. ch. 7. Japan's exports and employment / Kozo Kiyota. Comment / Katherine Terrell. ch. 8. What determines the extensive margin of international trade? An investigation of the cross-section of U.S. imports / Peter Debaere and Shalah Mostashari. Comment / Andrei A. Levchenko. ch. 9. Modes of East Asian trade and foreign direct investment: U.S. and Japan / K.C. Fung, Hitomi Iizaka, and Alan Siu. Comment / Theresa Greaney. ch. 10. The influence of multinational exposure on private Chinese trade / Deborah L. Swenson. Comment / Lucia Tajoli. ch. 11. The effects of foreign direct investment on China's labor market / Theresa M. Greaney and Yao Li. Comment / Francesc Ortega. ch. 12. Clusters, productivity, and exports in Taiwanese manufacturing industries / Eric Y. Cho and Hideki Yamawaki. Comment / Kozo Kiyota.