This paper calculates returns to scale and productivity growth (allowing for non-constant returns to scale) in UK … by a foreign owner on returns to scale and productivity growth. We use a matching and difference … productivity that can be attributed to the incidence of acquisition, rather than to changes in other external conditions. In both …

from productivity spillovers from FDI. We analyse this issue using establishment level data for the electronics and … productivity distribution by using conditional quantile regression. Overall, while there is substantial heterogeneity in results … across sectors and quantiles, our findings clearly suggest that both absorptive capacity and distance matter for productivity …

’s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment’s outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …