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Rognes, Jon - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2007

underleverantörer, så kallad business process outsourcing (BPO). Vi har studerat hur en sådan separering påverkar processer och … förutsättningar för kunskapsbildning och lärande i en organisation. Studien inleds med en översikt över BPO-området idag. Outsourcing …- och rationaliseringsprocess har outsourcing de senaste åren blivit ett allt vanligare alternativ. I detta projekt har vi …

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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change

Acemoglu, Daron; Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2014

We study the short- and long-run implications of offshoring on innovation, technology adoption, wage and income …-abundant West to a skill-scarce East. Profit maximization determines both the extent of offshoring and technological progress …. offshoring induces technical change with an ambiguous factor bias. When the initial level of offshoring is low, an increase in …

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Horizontal Innovation in the Theory of Growth and Development

Gancia, Gino; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2005

We analyze recent contributions to growth theory based on the model of expanding variety of Romer (1990). In the first part, we present different versions of the benchmark linear model with imperfect competition. These include the "lab equipment" model, "labor-for-intermediates" and "directed...

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Learning How to Export

Segerstrom, Paul; Stepanok, Ignat - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2010

In this paper, we present a standard quality ladders endogenous growth model with one significant new assumption, that it takes time for firms to learn how to export. We show that this model without Melitz-type assumptions can account for all the evidence that the Melitz (2003) model was...

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The determinants of host country spillovers from foreign direct investment: review and synthesis of the literature

Blomstrom, Magnus; Globerman, Steven; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The existence of spillover efficiency benefits to host country economies from inward foreign direct investment(FDI) are well documented in the literature, particularly for economically developed host economies. The determinantsof the size and scope of the spillover benefits have also been...

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Productivity Growth in Indonesia: The Role of Regional Characteristics and Direct Foreign Investment

Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

Using detailed micro data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector, we examine the effect on productivity growth of different regional characteristics and direct foreign investment. The results suggest that a diversified regional industry sector increase productivity growth. Direct foreign...

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Technology Transfer and Spillovers: Does Local Participation with Multinationals Matter?

Blomström, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign multinational affiliates. More specifically, we try to answer two questions, using unpublished Indonesian micro data. Firstly, do establishments with minority and majority ownership...

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The Determinants of Host Country Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: Review and Synthesis of the Literature

Blomström, Magnus; Globerman, Steven; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999

The existence of spillover efficiency benefits to host country economies from inward foreign direct investment (FDI) are well documented in the literature, particularly for economically developed host economies. The determinants of the size and scope of the spillover benefits have also been...

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Multinational Corporations and Spillovers

Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

This paper examines spillover effects of the activities of multinational firms. Such effects are most likely to be found in host countries, where the operations of foreign multinationals may influence local firms in the MNCs own industry as well as firms in other industries. However, there is no...

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Productivity Spillovers from FDI in the Uruguayan Manufacturing Sector

Kokko, Ari; Tansini, Ruben; Zejan, Mario - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994

This paper examines intra-industry spillovers from FDI in Uruguayan manufacturing plants in 1988, to determine whether differences in the technology gap between locally- owned plants and foreign affiliates have any impact on the relation between local productivity and foreign presence. We find a...

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