outsourcing service functions previously provided within the firm, performed worse. In sum, our findings support the view that … firms tend to overestimate the benefits accruing from outsourcing of services previously provided internally. …

outsourcing service functions previously provided within the firm, performed worse. In sum, our findings support the view that … firms tend to overestimate the benefits accruing from outsourcing of services previously provided internally. …

German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent … firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tarif rates can lead to total factor productivity gains …

larger parental pool of knowledge raises the probability of offshoring. This holds in a national as well as an international …

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 …

German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent … firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tarif rates can lead to total factor productivity gains …

industry diversity. Moreover, labour productivity is positively linked to global sourcing. The findings support arguments for … the importance of the Internet for global trade and they confirm the productivity advantage of importing in comparison to …