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dc.contributor.authorGörg, Holgeren
dc.contributor.authorHanley, Aoifeen
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-12-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:06:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:06:31Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36164-
dc.description.abstractWe provide a comprehensive empirical analysis of the links between international services outsourcing, domestic outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on innovative activity at the plant level. Such a positive effect can also be observed for domestic outsourcing of services, but the magnitude is smaller. This makes intuitive sense, as international outsourcing allows more scope for exploiting international factor price differentials, therefore giving the establishment higher profits and more scope to restructure production activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as predicted by theory, while this is not true for domestic sourcing. The results are robust to various specifications and an instrumental variables analysis.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4404en
dc.subject.jelF19en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordServices outsourcingen
dc.subject.keywordoffshoringen
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordR&Den
dc.subject.stwUnternehmensdienstleistungen
dc.subject.stwOutsourcingen
dc.subject.stwOffshoringen
dc.subject.stwRentabilitäten
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwIndustrielle Forschungen
dc.subject.stwIrlanden
dc.titleServices outsourcing and innovation: an empirical investigation-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn612783278en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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