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Global sourcing of complex production processes

Schwarz, Christian; Südekum, Jens - 2010

. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; offshoring ; vertical FDI …

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Temporary shocks and offshoring : the role of external economies and firm heterogeneity

Mitra, Devashish (contributor); Ranjan, Priya (contributor) - 2007

We construct a model of offshoring with externalities and firm heterogeneity. Due to the presence of externalities …, temporary shocks like the Y2K problem can have permanent effects, i.e., they can permanently raise the extent of offshoring in … an industry. Also, the initial advantage of a country as a potential host for outsourcing activities can create a lock in …

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Employment protection and firm relocation : theory and evidence

Dewit, Gerda; Görg, Holger; Temouri, Yama - 2018

We examine the determinants of the decision to relocate activities abroad for firms located in OECD countries. We argue that particular firm-specific features play a crucial role for the link between employment protection and relocation. Stricter employment protection laws over time in the...

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The role of trade and offshoring in the determination of child labour

Cigno, Alessandro; Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sabani, Laura - 2015

Incorporating family decisions in a two-period-model of the world economy, we show that trade liberalization may reduce child labour in developing countries where the initial share of skilled workers in the adult workforce – though not as large as in developed countries – is nonetheless...

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Review of the recent trends in development economics research: with experience from the federal region of Kurdistan

Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2007

outsourcing activities, the increased flow of direct foreign investment and its heterogeneous regional distribution, the increased … investment ; globalization ; outsourcing ; technology ; capability ; energy ; trade flows ; inequality and poverty ; technology …

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Can you teach old dragons new tricks? : FDI and innovation activity in Chinese state-owned enterprises

Girma, Sourafel (contributor); Gong, Yundan (contributor); … - 2006

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by Chinese State owned enterprises (SOEs). We use a comprehensive firm level panel data set of Chinese SOEs covering the period 1999 to 2003. Our results show that foreign capital...

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Does foreign direct investment affect wage inequality? : An empirical investigation

Figini, Paolo (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2006

We use a panel of more than 100 countries for the period 1980 to 2002 to analyse the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and wage inequality. We particularly check whether this relationship is non-linear, in line with a theoretical discussion. We find that the effect of...

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Wage inequality, linkages and FDI

Driffield, Nigel L.; Girma, Sourafel; Henry, Michael; … - 2010

This paper extends the existing literature on FDI and wage inequality. We do this in two ways. Firstly, we incorporate more precise measures of inward investment into the model, by allowing for differences in the effects between horizontal and vertical FDI. Secondly, after establishing the...

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Do foreign-owned firms provide better working conditions than their domestic counterparts? : a comparative analysis

Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2010

This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...

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Foreign acquisitions, domestic multinationals, and R&D

Bandick, Roger; Görg, Holger; Karpaty, Patrik - 2010

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the causal effect of foreign acquisition on R&D intensity in targeted domestic firms. We are able to distinguish domestic multinationals and nonmultinationals, which allows us to investigate the fear that the change in ownership of domestic to foreign...

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