chapter compares the impact of international trade in intermediate inputs (offshoring) on wage inequality in two distinct but … similar frameworks. In the first framework the profitability of offshoring is based on increasing returns to scale on the task …-level, whereas the second framework relies on differences in relative factor endowments of the two countries involved in offshoring …

productivity as an independent variable, various exogenous variables on Smart Specialisation, dummies on EU macro-regions, and time … dependency on productivity. Moreover, it was assumed that regions of a macro-region benefit from each other by co-location. The …

heterogeneity in total factor productivity among a large group of European firms. The results suggest that those firms that offshore …. This finding implies that firms with superior productivity are more likely to exploit the global task distribution in …

This paper tests the assumption that offshoring of production activities leads to less innovation in the home country … offshoring firms employ more people in R&D and design, introduce more frequently new products, and invest more frequently in … advanced process technologies compared to non-offshoring firms. Concerns that offshoring may hurt innovation because of the …

underestimation of deep integration projects such as TTIP. The panel data estimation of knowledge production functions for 20 EU …

This paper attempts to give an economic perspective of the impact of the innovation industries. The estimation method …

, productivity growth and innovation takes place within manufacturing sectors …