We study the implications of vertical integration on innovation performance using firm-level data on Australian manufacturing. We use the data to distinguish between low-cost-oriented and innovation-oriented outsourcing. Outsourcing without innovation lowers costs at the expense of damaging the...

We examine the determinants of innovation novelty ranging from new-to-firm to new-to-world innovation. Higher levels of novelty help firms capture a larger share of the market, increase exports, and create positive spillovers. Using firm-level panel data for 2005-06 to 2015-16, from...

We study the implications of vertical integration on innovation performance using firm-level data on Australian manufacturing. We use the data to distinguish between low-cost-oriented and innovation-oriented outsourcing. Outsourcing without innovation lowers costs at the expense of damaging the...