what is often argued, therefore, we find no evidence for a negative causal effect of offshoring on employment in Germany or …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of better" firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent …

what is often argued, therefore, we find no evidence for a negative causal effect of offshoring on employment in Germany or …). It turns out that, compared to non-offshoring firms, firms that relocated activities were larger and more productive, and … relocate, and this points to self-selection of "better" firms into offshoring. This finding is in line with results from recent …

level. The analysis is based on a Finnish weighted sample of 652 firms and screens the effect of offshoring different kinds … of tasks. Two main channels of offshoring tasks are taken into account: offshore outsourcing and in-house offshoring. The … main conclusion is that offshoring can significantly affect the total domestic employment but that the significance and the …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way …

analyze the effects of cross-border M&A on the performance of multinationals in Germany using new data on the firm-level. In …

of competitive pressure: relocation of assembly operations and offshoring of automotive parts production. The knowledge …

This study provides the first comparative evidence of foreign and domestic acquisitions in Germany. A propensity score … acquisitions to account for a general takeover effect. The study is based on new high-quality panel data for manufacturing … Germany which find significant productivity improvements and no changes in terms of employment. These findings are of …

This paper uses a newly available comprehensive panel data set for manufacturing enterprises from 2001 to 2005 to … document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … for trading internationally are about the same in West and East Germany. Compared to firms that do not trade at all two …