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Yritsten kansainvälistymisen vaikutukset kotimaan talouteen ja työllisyyteen : katsaus kirjallisuuteen
Kotiranta, Annu (contributor);  … - 2008
This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of internationalisation. A brief overview of the history of the internationalisation of Finnish firms is also presented. The general conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003746612
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Multinational firms' organisational dynamics : competition intensity and the ownership decision under uncertainty
Navarro, Leandro Gastón - 2021
I analyse firms organisational choices when they face uncertainty about institutional conditions in foreign locations … increasing offshoring activity increases competition in the final goods market, leading to a progressive vertical disintegration … of the supply chains. Initially, the firms that decide to explore offshoring potential choose integration. As competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332242
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The Labor Market Effects of Offshoring by U.S. Multinational Firms : Evidence from Changes in Global Tax Policies
Kovak, Brian - 2017
Estimating the causal effect of offshoring on domestic employment is difficult because of the inherent simultaneity of …. Underlying these results is substantial heterogeneity based on offshoring margin and firm organizational structure. For example …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944101
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Global sourcing decisions and firm productivity : evidence from Spain
Kohler, Wilhelm; Smolka, Marcel - 2009
We investigate the link between productivity of firms and their sourcing behavior. Following Antràs & Helpman (2004) we distinguish between domestic and foreign sourcing, as well as between outsourcing and vertical integration. A firm's choice is driven by a hold-up problem caused by lack of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923683
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'Slicing the Value Chain' Internationally : Empirical Evidence on the Offshoring Strategy by French Firms
Jabbour, Liza - 2008
This paper analyzes the off-shoring strategy from an empirical view. It focuses on a set of models, extracts a set of … French manufacturing firms that provides detailed information on the off-shoring strategy. The choice of off-shoring modes is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014047742
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Do foreign-owned firms provide better working conditions than their domestic counterparts? : a comparative analysis
Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S.; Schank, Thorsten; … - 2010
This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153566
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Do Foreign-Owned Firms Provide Better Working Conditions Than Their Domestic Counterparts? A Comparative Analysis
Hijzen, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136272
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Do Foreign-Owned Firms Provide Better Working Conditions than Their Domestic Counterparts? A Comparative Analysis
Hijzen, Alexander - 2010
This paper analyses to what extent working conditions in foreign-owned firms differ from those in their domestic counterparts. It makes three main contributions. First, we replicate the consensus in the empirical literature by applying a standardised methodology to firm-level data for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136721
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The Impact of the UK’s EU Exit on its Attractiveness to FDI and Associated Job Creation Effects
Siedschlag, Iulia - 2019
This study examines possible Brexit effects on the UK's attractiveness to greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) and related job creation. Our results indicate that the UK would be less attractive as a location to FDI and would experience a reduction of FDI-related job creation in any of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858504
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Are Multinationals Exporting Jobs? The Case of Taiwan
Chen, Y.-H. Henry - 2018
Does offshore production always result in job exportation? Using firm‐level data for Taiwanese multinationals that allow us to avoid reverse causality issues, this paper finds that while increasing offshore production has a negative impact on the demand for domestic manufacturing workers, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012706426