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The Ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement and Innovation in Sri Lankan Textile and Clothing Industry: Trade and Innovation Project - Case Study No. 3

Wijayasiri, Janaka; Dissanayake, Jagath - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

This paper is one of five case studies which is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) on innovation in the Sri Lankan textile and clothing sector....

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International Production Networks in the Nordic/Baltic Region

Ekholm, Karolina; Hakkala, Katarina - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

The Nordic countries are characterized by relatively compressed wage structures, implying that the incentives to offshore activities intensive in low-skilled labour might be particularly strong in these countries. In this paper, we document the recent changes in measures of offshoring and find...

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Intertwined: FDI in Manufacturing and Trade in Services

Gage, Jonathan; Lesher, Molly - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2005

This study analyses the complex relationship between manufacturing FDI and trade in services. An examination of how recent developments in the economic landscape have resulted in changes in the industrial organisation as well the structure of multinational enterprises is presented. This analysis...

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Outsourcing in East Asia and its impact on the Japanese and Korean Labour Markets

Ahn, Sanghoon; Fukao, Kyoji; Ito, Keiko - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008

and investigates the impacts of international outsourcing on the Japanese and the Korean labour markets. The main findings … outsourcing and the international fragmentation of production. Third, reflecting the fact that outsourcing to Asia (particularly … manufacturing as a result of outsourcing. For Korea, although the overall effects of outsourcing have been insignificant in Korea …

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Business Services, Trade and Costs

Lesher, Molly; Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2006

This technical paper analyses the role of business services in selected OECD and non-OECD economies using recently published input-output tables for 32 countries in or close to the year 2000. Business services have long been recognised as important drivers in the global economy, and this study...

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Trade in Intermediate Goods and Services

Miroudot, Sébastien; Lanz, Rainer; Ragoussis, Alexandros - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2009

This study analyses trade flows in intermediate goods and services among OECD countries and with their main trading partners. Combining trade data and input-output tables, bilateral trade in intermediate goods and services is estimated according to the industry of origin and the using industry...

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