materials offshoring on the growth rate of productivity. …First moves towards a real understanding of the offshoring phenomenon date back to very recent times, with employment … and productivity effects occupying much of the literature around the subject. In particular for Japan, the studies …

the direction of causality between IT maturity, offshoring and productivity is also tentatively addressed: lagged … offshoring appears to weakly impact productivity, while lagged IT maturity does not, and a reverse causality from productivity to …This study examines productivity and profitability of Italian manufacturing corporations in relation to IT usage and …

than the rest of Canada or the United States. This is obviously a cause for concern. Productivity is an important measure …, the higher productivity growth in retail and wholesale trade in the rest of Canada was associated with growth in sales …Ontario's private sector has had zero productivity growth in the latest six year period. Ontario performed much worse …

entry and exit of firms affect performance and labor productivity. …

incorporating production offshoring into a North-South model of directed technical change. We �find that if offshoring is present … change in the North. This fi�nding highlights the different implications of offshoring and conventional trade on innovation …. Furthermore, we �find that an increase in the Southern stock of capital reduces offshoring and also leads to skill …

foreign firms’ decision to export much of their local production. At the same time, the offshoring process remains more or …