integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …

are better protected against downsizing due to larger productivity shocks and larger firing costs. …

We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the …

We present a dynamic model where the probability of outsourcing production is increasing in the firm’s expectation of … outsourcing. No prior study has been able to provide such causal evidence. Our results are robust to the inclusion of detailed …

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of … outsourcing. The empirical analysis uses unique plant level data for the electronics sector in Ireland. A particular feature of … activities. We distinguish outsourcing of materials from outsourcing of services inputs. We find that plants that are …

organizational decision is driven by two countervailing effects: the ownership rights effect favors outsourcing, while the "indirect … outsourcing of the "less important" supplier is chosen in equilibrium. We also consider an open economy setup where the producer …

to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides …

American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios. …