.e., multinational enterprises and offshoring firms) contribute to occupational restructuring and to establishing the role of … occupational structures when explaining productivity and profitability gaps between global and local firms. The findings indicate … reflected in their productivity, it is not as clearly reflected in their profitability.The findings imply that employees have …

increase in productivity, whereas no statistically significant link is found for offshoring of core manufacturing activities …The growth in offshoring and its economic effects have been subject to extensive empirical analysis. Yet, many studies … have not distinguished accurately between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and supplier changes. The present study …

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 …

materials offshoring on the growth rate of productivity. …First moves towards a real understanding of the offshoring phenomenon date back to very recent times, with employment … and productivity effects occupying much of the literature around the subject. In particular for Japan, the studies …

The impact of offshoring on average labor productivity is investigated on a panel of 17 manufacturing sectors between … 1989-2006. As proxies for offshoring, we use imports and import penetration, defined as the ratio of imports to output. We …, significant increases in productivity are explained by the growth of imports weighted by import penetration. The exception are …

Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This … productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business services offshoring on productivity growth with industry-level data … show that there is no productivity effect of materials offshoring, while business services offshoring leads to productivity …

Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity-enhancing and this belief is underpinned by economic theory. This … productivity. Estimating the impact of materials and business services offshoring on productivity growth with industry-level data … show that there is no productivity effect of materials offshoring, while business services offshoring leads to productivity …