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Drivers and impacts in the globalization of corporate R&D: An introduction based on the European experience
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - 2011
The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278539
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Drivers and Impacts in the Globalization of Corporate R&D: An Introduction Based on the European Experience
Moncada-Paternò-Castello, Pietro; Vivarelli, Marco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The globalization of R&D activities has continued its growth path as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge-intensive businesses has led researchers and analysts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876571
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Services outsourcing and innovation: an empirical investigation
Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - 2009
We provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic … outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … innovative activity at the plant level. Such a positive effect can also be observed for domestic outsourcing of services, but the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277453
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Global sourcing of complex production processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm's headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278511
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Global Sourcing of Complex Production Processes
Schwarz, Christian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We develop a theory of a firm in an environment with incomplete contracts. The firm’s headquarter decides on the complexity, the organization, and the global scale of its production process. Specifically, it decides: i) on the mass of symmetric intermediate inputs that are part of the value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693834
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Labor market effects of trade and FDI: Recent advances and research gaps
Pflüger, Michael P.; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - 2010
offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278710
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319498
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special … offshoring involves job destruction, especially when the destination is a low-wage country. In such circumstances, staying … employees' job satisfaction is reduced. However, the relationship between outsourcing and employee well-being is not entirely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884090
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Temporary Shocks and Offshoring: The Role of External Economies and Firm Heterogeneity
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703445
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Labor Market Effects of Trade and FDI: Recent Advances and Research Gaps
Pflüger, Michael P.; Blien, Uwe; Möller, Joachim; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
offshoring (integration) and sourcing strategies and (4) location of firms and labor markets. Second, we overview existing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777153