@techreport{Gorg1998Linkages,
abstract = {This paper analyses the concept of linkages and studies the development and
the determinants of inter-firm linkages between electronics firms in Ireland
and domestic sub-suppliers using firm level data for 1982 to 1995. We
discuss the concept of inter-firm linkages and the effects of linkages. We
argue that the concept of linkages developed by Hirschman (1958) is an
inter-sectoral concept which can arise as a result of underlying inter-firm
linkages. Our empirical analysis indicates that foreign-owned electronic
firms in Ireland source, on average, 24 per cent of their inputs in Ireland,
which compares favourably with an estimate for foreign firms in Scottish
electronics industries. In an econometric estimation, using panel data
techniques, we find that firms in the Irish electronics sector increase their
backward linkages over time; that foreign firms have lower linkages than
Irish-owned firms; and that large and expanding firms have lower linkages
than other firms.},
address = {Dublin},
author = {Holger G\"{o}rg and Frances P. Ruane},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {L63; O14; R34; 330; Multinationales Unternehmen; Lieferanten-Kunden-Beziehung; Elektronikindustrie; Sch\"{a}tzung; Irland},
language = {eng},
number = {1998,13},
publisher = {Dep. of Economics, Trinity College, University of Dublin},
title = {Linkages between multinationals and indigenous firms : evidence for the electronics sector in Ireland},
type = {Trinity Economic Papers Series, Technical Paper / Trinity College},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/1287},
year = {1998}
}
