outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …

The literature on new goods and social welfare generally assumes thatmanufacturers develop innovations. But innovation … impact of users as a source of innovation on product diversity,innovation, and welfare. We examine the impact of user … innovation oninefficiencies that bias the provision of new goods, and find that most areeither alleviated or non-existent for …