The first aim of this paper is to decompose the productivity advantage of foreign multinationals into two components … two components of productivity growth. We do so by analyzing the effects of an acquisition of a domestic establishment by … rate of technology transfer from the MNE parent companies, (iii) the productivity growth effects are not confined to the …

This paper calculates returns to scale and productivity growth in UK manufacturing establishments in the electronics … productivity growth. We use a matching and difference-in-differences methodology which allows us to construct a reasonable … counterfactual and to determine the post-acquisition changes in RTS and productivity that can be attributed to the incidence of …

The first aim of this paper is to decompose the productivity advantage of foreign multinationals into two components … two components of productivity growth. We do so by analyzing the effects of an acquisition of a domestic establishment by … rate of technology transfer from the MNE parent companies, (iii) the productivity growth effects are not confined to the …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing … on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a … outsourcing of services on productivity for firms not operating on the export market. …