Similar Search Results

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510315

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668128

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437889

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 …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437014

The just energy transition partnership in South Africa : identification and assessment of key factors driving international cooperation

Lüpke, Heiner von - 2023

This paper investigates the implications of implementing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) in South Africa by exploring the factors that are at work when donors and recipients interact with each other. It analyses the JETP using global cooperation theories on climate change and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014438447

Market size and factor endowment : explaining comparative advantage in bilateral trade by differences in income and per capita income

Schumacher, Dieter - 2001

Using a gravity-type explanation of international trade flows at the industry level, it is shown that the pattern of comparative advantage in terms of sectoral export/import ratios in bilateral trade can be explained by relative income and relative per capita income. Total income of a country is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435012

Home market and traditional effects on comparative advantage in a gravity approach

Schumacher, Dieter - 2003

Policy makers in "small" countries facing trade liberalisation have become concerned with the potential loss of manufacturing employment and output to "large" economies in the presence of economies of scale in production and international transport costs. This paper offers a methodology to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438358

Strategic environmental policy and the mobility of firms

Richter, Philipp M.; Runkel, Marco; Schmidt, Robert C. - 2019

The loss of international competitiveness of domestic industries remains a key obstacle to the implementation of effective carbon prices in a world without harmonized climate policies. We analyze countries' non-cooperative choices of emissions taxes under imperfect competition and mobile...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998996

Environmental policy and firm selection in the open economy

Kreickemeier, Udo; Richter, Philipp M. - 2019

In this paper, we analyse the effects of a unilateral change in an emissions tax in a model of international trade with heterogeneous firms. We find a positive effect of tighter environmental policy on average productivity in the reforming country through reallocation of labour towards exporting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035089

Outsourcing and firm-level performance

Görzig, Bernd; Stephan, Andreas - 2002 - This version: 15 October 2002

outsourcing service functions previously provided within the firm, performed worse. In sum, our findings support the view that … firms tend to overestimate the benefits accruing from outsourcing of services previously provided internally. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437001