multi-country sourcing model in which heterogeneous firms self-select into importing based on their productivity and country …, selection into importing features complementarity across markets and firms' sourcing strategies follow a hierarchical structure … analogous to the one predicted by exporting models. Our quantitative analysis exploits these complementarities to distinguish …

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

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

This paper investigates the role of firm productivity in drawing firm boundaries in global sourcing. Our analysis … focuses on how productivity affects the allocation of ownership rights between the headquarter of a firm and an intermediate …. domestic). Unlike previous work, we allow for a fully flexible productivity effect with varying magnitude and sign across …

), 552-80, to derive a new prediction regarding how the productivity of a firm affects its choice between vertical … robust firm-level evidence from Spain showing that, in line with our prediction, the effect of productivity works more …

. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral …