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destroyed/created due to offshoring. Moreover, we do not find an effect on labour productivity, since the negative effect on …This paper analyses the effect of offshoring (i.e., the relocation of activities previously performed in-house to … foreign countries) on various firm outcomes (domestic employment, production, and productivity). It uses data from the …
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We study the importance of intangible capital (R&D, software, patents) for the measurement of productivity using firm … of input choice and unobserved productivity shocks. We find a positive output elasticity for research and development (R … output production function reduces productivity dispersion (measured by the 90-10 decile range) on average by 3%, in some …
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Productivity of the Finnish private sector decreased during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and, since then …, productivity growth has not reached the level preceding the crisis. A key factor underlying productivity growth is R&D. The … worthwhile considering whether changes in productivity effects of R&D, instead of changes in volumes of R&D inputs, may explain …
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other hand, productivity research has focused on the performance measurement of individual economic entities?such as firm …, industry and country?and also on the examination of the sources. This paper reviews the past contribution of productivity …. For the past contribution, the paper emphasizes the following three issues: productivity as a measure of heterogeneity of …
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on the factors behind the productivity gap between Atlantic Canada and Canada in the context of the manufacturing sector …. A number of possible factors contributing to the Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap are examined … Atlantic Canada-Canada manufacturing productivity gap, namely less innovative effort, particularly in high-tech industries …
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We study the importance of intangible capital (R&D, software, patents) for the measurement of productivity using firm … of input choice and unobserved productivity shocks. We find a positive output elasticity for research and development (R … output production function reduces productivity dispersion (measured by the 90-10 decile range) on average by 3%, in some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157226
insights on the repercussions of the micro-economic reform policy agenda during the study period plagued by a productivity … slowdown and the productivity resurgence due to the emergence of the ‘new economy' and now the challenges to sharpen the … provide superior testable insights on productivity and technical inefficiency than the rival non-parametric Development (DEA …
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Productivity of the Finnish private sector decreased during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and, since then …, productivity growth has not reached the level preceding the crisis. A key factor underlying productivity growth is R&D. The … worthwhile considering whether changes in productivity effects of R&D, instead of changes in volumes of R&D inputs, may explain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490780
offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287006
offshoring and domestic outsourcing with a firm panel. I find that offshoring of non-core activities has led to productivity … gains whereas offshoring of core activities and domestic outsourcing have had no such effects. The estimated productivity …The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570478