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R&D internationalization strategies of the world's top corporate R&D investors

Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - 2021

their home country only. Our study confirms former results of the literature that R&D offshoring is used by leading R …

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Trends in the Internationalisation of R&D : the German perspective

Beise, Marian; Belitz, Heike - 1998

In this paper we present latest facts about the R&D activities of German multinational companies abroad and R&D activities of foreign companies in Germany. These results confirm that Germany is still an attractive location for R&D activites of multinational companies in many technological...

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Intermediation in foreign trade: when do exporters rely on intermediaries?

Schröder, Philipp J. H.; Trabold, Harald; … - 2003

The paper explores theoretically and empirically why trade intermediaries (TIs) are frequently used as agents for exports to some countries but not to others. We adapt a standard intra-industry trade model with variable export costs (e.g. transport) and fixed export costs (e.g. market access) to...

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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007 - This version: 19 November 2007

A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the … suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger …

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Trade between China and the Netherlands : a case study of globalization

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Hayat, Raphie - 2008 - Version 12 February 2008

-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …

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Outsourcing and the demand for low-skill labour in German manufacturing : new evidence

Geishecker, Ingo - 2002

This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany … disentangle international outsourcing and trade in final goods more accurately. The main finding is that during the 1990s … international outsourcing had a significant negative impact on the relative demand for low-skilled workers, explaining between 19 …

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Skill intensity in foreign trade and economic growth

Wörz, Julia - 2004

This paper explores the link between trade structure, trade specialization and per capita incomegrowth. It is argued that industrial upgrading in export specialization patterns has a positive long-rungrowth effect, while the effect of structural change in industrial import patterns is in...

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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands

Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007

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Does offshoring shape labor market imperfections? : a comparative analysis of Belgian and Dutch firms

Dobbelaere, Sabien; Fuss, Catherine; Vancauteren, Mark - 2023

We study the relationship between offshoring and the prevalence and intensity of labor market imperfections at the firm … wagemarkdown pricing originating from firms' monopsony power in both countries. Offshoring benefits firms in that imports of final … effect of offshoring on wage markdowns arises from an increase in productivity that is only imperfectly passed through into …

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Cross-border mergers and acquisitions : on revealed comparative advantage and merger waves

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2008 - This version: January 2008

By combining two large data sets (on international trade flows and cross-border mergers and acquisitions - M&As), we test two implications of Neary’s (2003, 2007) general oligopolistic equilibrium (GOLE) model (incorporating strategic interaction between firms in a general equilibrium...

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