A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production function is estimated for the Netherlands for the period 1972-2001. It suggests that the effect of offshoring manufacturing and services on total factor productivity (TFP) is positive and larger than the effect of R & D on productivity
This paper offers an important empirical contribution to the understanding of the role that service ...
This study investigates the impact of international outsourcing to low and high income countries on ...
This paper explores the impact of offshoring, or contracting out of business activities to foreign p...
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are be...
Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity enhancing and this belief is underpinned by econ...
Using comparable industry-level data for nine Western European countries, this paper finds that the ...
Using comparable data for nine Western European countries, this paper finds that service offshoring ...
It is noteworthy that multinational firms are beginning to offshore a wide range of operations. Theo...
Offshoring has become increasingly important for businesses, especially manufacturing firms, to comp...
Due to advancements in information and communication technologies as well as reductions in transport...
It is noteworthy that multinational firms are beginning to offshore a wide range of operations. Theo...
The recent increase in R&D offshoring has raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advance...
The recent increase in R&D offshoring has raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advance...
The practice of sourcing service inputs from overseas suppliers has been growing in response to new ...
Commonly increases in total factor productivity (TFP) are associated with technological innovations ...
This paper offers an important empirical contribution to the understanding of the role that service ...
This study investigates the impact of international outsourcing to low and high income countries on ...
This paper explores the impact of offshoring, or contracting out of business activities to foreign p...
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are be...
Offshoring is generally believed to be productivity enhancing and this belief is underpinned by econ...
Using comparable industry-level data for nine Western European countries, this paper finds that the ...
Using comparable data for nine Western European countries, this paper finds that service offshoring ...
It is noteworthy that multinational firms are beginning to offshore a wide range of operations. Theo...
Offshoring has become increasingly important for businesses, especially manufacturing firms, to comp...
Due to advancements in information and communication technologies as well as reductions in transport...
It is noteworthy that multinational firms are beginning to offshore a wide range of operations. Theo...
The recent increase in R&D offshoring has raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advance...
The recent increase in R&D offshoring has raised fears that knowledge and competitiveness in advance...
The practice of sourcing service inputs from overseas suppliers has been growing in response to new ...
Commonly increases in total factor productivity (TFP) are associated with technological innovations ...
This paper offers an important empirical contribution to the understanding of the role that service ...
This study investigates the impact of international outsourcing to low and high income countries on ...
This paper explores the impact of offshoring, or contracting out of business activities to foreign p...