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integration to changes in other relevant plant characteristics. We show that increases in outsourcing of services are positively …
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This paper investigates the determinants of vertical integration using data from the UK manufacturing sector. We find that the relationship between a downstream (producer) industry and an upstream (supplier) industry us more likely to be vertically integrated when the producing industry is more...
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Recent pre-crisis growth accounting exercises attribute strong productivity growth toincreased investments in …-EU productivity gapare confirmed for Germany, particularly showing no substantially economy-wide effectsfrom ICT for German sectors …
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offshoring. We find that from 1997 to 2007 average annual multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing was overstated by 0 …The rapid growth of offshoring has sparked a contentious debate over its impact on the U.S. manufacturing sector, which … productivity. We maintain, however, that the dramatic acceleration of imports from developing countries has imparted a significant …
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?s productivity. We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our empirical results suggest that high wages …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis we find that an … establishment?s outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labour productivity and total factor productivity growth and that …
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This paper addresses the relationship between the utilization of temporary agency workers by firms and their competitiveness measured by unit labor costs, using a rich, newly built, data set of German manufacturing enterprises. The analysis is conducted by applying different panel data models...
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strategy actually improves firm productivity. To this end, a large dataset of German manufacturing firms and various panel data … no significant effect of fixed-term employment on labor productivity when controlling for the selection effect. …
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population and almost 50% of the survey respondents. To study how HRM practices affect the level of firm productivity, we first … positive association with the HRM practices and the level of firm productivity. Perhaps more importantly, however, we find that … not all forms of employee financial and decision-making participation practices have favorable productivity effects …
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Using panel data from Spain Farinas and Ruano (IJIO 2005) test three hypotheses from a model by Hopenhayn (Econometrica 1992): (H1) Firms that exit in year t were in t-1 less productive than firms that continue to produce in t. (H2) Firms that enter in year t are less productive than incumbent...
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This paper contributes to the flourishing literature on exports and productivity by using a unique newly available …
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