Teixeira, João2019-01-232019-01-232011-12Teixeira, João C. A. (2011). Outsourcing and vertical integration: a survey of empirical literature, “Working Paper Series” nº 27/11, 20 pp.. Ponta Delgada: Universidade dos Açores, CEEAplA-A.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/4955This paper provides a survey of the empirical literature of outsourcing and vertical integration. This literature shows that outsourcing and integration behave in waves, with periods of greater outsourcing activity and others of a greater activity of vertical integration.engOutsourcingVertical Integrationworking paper