@techreport{Girma2003Outsourcing,
abstract = {This paper presents an empirical analysis of ?outsourcing? using establishment level
data for UK manufacturing industries. We analyse an establishment?s decision to
outsource and the subsequent effects of outsourcing on the establishment?s productivity.
We compare outsourcing in domestic with foreign-owned establishments. Our
empirical results suggest that high wages are positively related to outsourcing,
suggesting that the cost saving motive is important. We also find that foreign-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 this effect
is more pronounced for foreign establishments.},
address = {Berlin},
author = {Sourafel Girma and Holger G\"{o}rg},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
editor = {Deutsches Institut f\"{u}r Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin},
keywords = {L23; F23; 330; outsourcing , foreign direct investment , productivity; Outsourcing; Unternehmensentwicklung; Produktivit\"{a}t; Eigent\"{u}merstruktur; Direktinvestition; Verarbeitendes Gewerbe; Gro\ss{}britannien},
language = {eng},
number = {361},
publisher = {Deutsches Institut f\"{u}r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)},
series = {Diskussionspapiere},
title = {Outsourcing, foreign ownership and productivity : evidence from UK establishment level data},
type = {DIW-Diskussionspapiere},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3129},
year = {2003}
}
