import as well as the export activity of the firm. These two innovations allow us to avoid large biases that characterized … recent theories that aim at explaining participation both in export and import markets and at including non …

This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …

recent decades as a result of increased globalization of knowledge, technologies and economies. In particular I look at the … development in a number area where similar trends are observed. The areas studied include globalization, in-sourcing and … outsourcing activities, the increased flow of direct foreign investment and its heterogeneous regional distribution, the increased …

The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture …-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts to pursue a deeper understanding of the globalization of corporate R&D and the … related driving factors and impacts. This introduction to the Special Section: "Globalization and Corporate R&D" forthcoming …

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 …

We evaluate the effects of outsourcing and wage solidarity on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in a … heterogeneous labour market, where wages are determined by a monopoly labour union. We find that outsourcing promotes the wage … magnify, and not dampen, this tendency. Further, higher outsourcing will increase equilibrium unemployment among the high …

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

-skilled labor and perfect competition in high-skilled labor in the presence of outsourcing? A higher degree of tax progression by …

This paper analyzes the effects of trade and outsourcing on the transition probabilities of employment between sectors … labor market turnover. Increases in imports, terms of trade and, especially, in the outsourcing share negatively affect the …