Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121022 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
FIW Working Paper No. 21
Publisher: 
FIW - Research Centre International Economics, Vienna
Abstract: 
The causality from outsourcing, defined as the procurement of inputs from outside the boundaries of the firm, to productivity is tested for a large panel of Irish manufacturing firms. Theory suggests that as firms outsource more 'non-core' activities to specialized providers, productivity due to the firm benefiting from cheaper or higher-quality inputs and from reallocation of resources towards higher value-added activities. The international outsourcing case adds another dimension in the form of input variety, quality and technological embeddedness. I test the above hypothesis using a "System GMM" estimator to control for endogeneity in the panel and allow for a lagged dependent variable to be a regressor. International outsourcing is found to lead to productivity gains, but upon closer inspection it seems that firms? international orientation and type of industry both matter.
Subjects: 
Outsourcing
Productivity
Firm Structure
JEL: 
F23
L23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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