In this paper we study the productivity-survival link in the U.S. poultry processing industry using the longitudinal … productivity and demand-specific factors on plant survival and ownership change. Second, we analyze the determinants of the firm … ownership change. The effect of physical productivity on the probability of exit or ownership change is generally insignificant …

We investigate the impact of international outsourcing on productivity using plant level data for Irish manufacturing … on productivity is different for plants being more embedded in international markets through exporting or being part of a …

establishment's productivity. Outsourcing is compared in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. The empirical results suggest …-owned firms have higher levels of outsourcing than domestic establishments. In the productivity analysis, an establishment …'s outsourcing intensity is positively related to its labor productivity and total factor productivity growth, and this effect is …