Outsourcing of Labour and Promotion of Human Capital: Two Irreconcilable Models? Reflections on the Italian Case

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Framing the issue. – 2. The separation of labour from the enterprise: the sign of a modern economy? – 3. Outsourcing of labour relations and organizational innovation in the new economy. – 4. More on the outsourcing of labour and the promotion of human capital in a perspective of competitiveness. – 5. The new regulatory framework for outsourcing: from the distinction between core and peripheral employees, to contractual integration. – 6. Promoting labour law in a human resources perspective.