Viet Nam's rapidly growing economy has created increasing energy demands, with significant untapped offshore wind resources located in shallow waters near population centers. While several near-shore projects were previously developed under a Feed-in-Tariff system, no far-shore installations...

Viet Nam has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. This will require increasing diversity in Viet Nam's electricity supply, a transition to renewable electricity generation, and a reduction in the dependence on coal for electricity generation. Offshore wind holds significant potential...

The CEE4 countries are among the most internationalized economies in the EU. Due to their high dependence on foreign final demand, particularly in the automotive sector, their labor markets are closely linked to the dynamics of the global economy. Therefore, the main objective of this study is...

This report distils experiences from established offshore wind markets into key success factors to help emerging markets build successful offshore wind sectors. It is designed to share international good practice while recognizing the unique contexts of each country. The key factors described...

This paper examines how offshoring affects worker skill demands and studies its implications for wage inequality. Using Danish administrative data, we find that offshoring increases firm-level demand for higher skills in occupations with high exposure to foreign competition. This effect is more...

This paper provides an integrated analysis of multinational companies’ global production and innovation. We establish novel stylized facts using rich data on the network of production affiliates and patent activity of German multinationals. We rationalize these facts with a heterogeneous-firm...

Background: In offshore energy logistics, contracted helicopters frequently transport personnel to and from offshore installations. Regular and efficient transportation is vital to maintain planned activities at the installations. We focus on tactical helicopter planning from a single heliport...

This (very short) note introduces nep-iaf, a new e-mail service that helps researchers interested in international activities of firms to stay up to date with newly published working papers on firms’ international activities, e.g. export, import, foreign direct investment, offshoring,...

Offshore wind is an important component of Europe’s energy and climate targets, but the EU and UK are falling short of their 2030 installation goals amid regulatory delays and rising costs. Meanwhile, Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are competing in European tenders and...

This report examines the factors shaping productivity in Finland's private service industries. Specifically, we focus on the link between capital intensity and labor productivity, as well as the allocation of labor. In addition, the report highlights the roles of global megatrends, such as...

In this paper, we analyse how robotisation is associated with industry output and its production inputs. We therefore link data on employment, robotisation and input-output relations for 15 manufacturing industries across 35 countries. Analysing the decade prior to 2018, we show that robotising...

Purpose: The main aim of the study was to estimate the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for a photovoltaic island project in the offshore area of Romania and the most effective possibilities to increase its profitability by reducing this indicator. Design/methodology/approach: The present...

This paper sets up a two-country model of offshoring with monopolistically competitive product and monopsonistically competitive labour markets. In our model, an incentive for offshoring exists even between symmetric countries, because shifting part of the production abroad reduces local labour...

Offshore tax havens cause large losses of government revenue by facilitating tax evasion by wealthy individuals. This paper focuses on offshore tax evasion in developing countries and documents two empirical regularities. First, there is no clear development gradient in the exposure to offshore...