National concerns are sometimes raised against offshoring of economic activities to other countries. While most of the … the Swedish manufacturing sector to analyze how offshoring impacts domestic R&D and how these effects vary with respect to … target region and type of firm. The results suggest that offshoring of production alter a firm’s investments in R&D in Sweden …

In this paper, we analyze how the offshoring of services by Swedish firms is affected by corruption in target economies …

, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …

Abstract: For international outsourcing to occur, agents from different jurisdictions must agree on a contract. Using … Swedish firm-level data, we analyze offshoring and how a firm’s choice of target country and the dynamics of offshored volumes … are affected by corruption. The results suggest that corruption is a deterrent to offshoring and that internationalized …

relationships between corporate competitiveness strategy, innovation, efficiency, productivity growth and outsourcing to be …