Does the offshoring of production degrade or enhance the innovative capabilities of manufacturing firms? We contribute … products to China. We find causal evidence that offshoring impacts both the level and nature of innovation. In the technologies … evidence of a second-order positive effect of offshoring on the levels of innovation--particularly product innovation--in other …

correspond to an increase in outsourcing by multinationals from the United States and other Northern countries, is to shift …

1980's. We argue that a contributing factor to this decline was rising imports reflecting the outsourcing of production …