Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an empirical investigation of firm level productivity effects of outsourcing against the background of a review of recent theoretical considerations about the topic. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical research is based on a large...

Produktionsverlagerungen ins Ausland sind auf den niedrigsten Stand seit 15 Jahren gesunken. Lediglich 9 Prozent der deutschen Industriebetriebe haben von 2007 bis Mitte 2009 Teile ihrer Produktion ins Ausland verlagert. In der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise scheinen die Unternehmen vorrangig...

We investigate the effects of production offshoring on the innovation activities of manufacturing firms in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We find that offshoring firms on average employ a higher share of...