between R&D expenditures and productivity growth. The analysis considers the different contributions of various forms of R … Productivity (TFP). Thus, this paper answers the call for more research on the links between a firm’s external R&D and its … productivity. In the cross-section econometric analysis, we estimate a Treatment Effects model based on the assumption that the …

this feedback effect by using the technical-change component of the Malmquist productivity index. This approach can …

productivity using an original dataset of Italian manufacturing firms, and applying a two-stage probit least squares estimator. We … find a positive effect on productivity from outsourcing only if firms provide training for the workforce. This indirect … impact on productivity is independent of the type of activity outsourced and is bigger in the case of service outsourcing …

inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters’ performance in Italy … that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in …

complexity and productivity which dominates the already known correlation between vertical integration and productivity. Results …

level of employment, sourcing from abroad, investment in product improvement and average productivity are associated with a …

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it … possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation … continuum of tasks in each sector and we augment it to include immigrants with heterogeneous productivity in tasks. We use this …

We develop an endogenous growth model to study the long run consequences of offshoring with firm heterogeneity and … incomplete contracts. In so doing, we model offshoring as the geographical fragmentation of a firm’s production chain between a … possibility of offshoring has favorable implications for economic growth. Yet, offshoring induced by a higher bargaining power of …