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Innovation and the international firm structure : theory and evidence from German firm-level data

Hansen, Thorsten - 2010

This paper studies the impact of innovation on the organizational structure. The theoretical framework predicts that a larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of oshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international context. However, when the producer loses territorial...

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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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Globalization and the "new enterprise"

Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - 2002

outsourcing and to a convergence in corporate cultures across countries. …

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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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Diversify or not? : the link between global sourcing of ICT goods and firm performance

Schiersch, Alexander; Bertschek, Irene; Niebel, Thomas - 2023

Our paper contributes to the discussion about Europe’s digital sovereignty. We analyze the relationship between firm performance and the diversification of sourcing countries for imported ICT goods. The analysis is based on administrative data for 3888 German manufacturing firms that imported...

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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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The gains from variety in the European Union

Mohler, Lukas; Seitz, Michael - 2010

Over the last decade, European Union members have experienced a dramatic increase in imports. This increase was accompanied by a strong growth in the number of imported goods and trading partners, indicating positive welfare gains for consumers via an extended set of consumption possibilities,...

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Product versus process : innovation strategies of multi-product firms

Flach, Lisandra; Irlacher, Michael - 2014

This paper studies the innovation strategies of multi-product firms in industries with different scope for product differentiation. In a simple model of multi-product firms, we show that returns to product versus process innovation are industry-specific. Demand and cost linkages induce a natural...

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Globalization and the empowerment of talent

Marin, Dalia; Verdier, Thierry - 2003

capital. Furthermore, trade integration is shown to lead to waves of outsourcing and to convergence in corporate cultures …

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