Das Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn hat in Kooperation mit dem Volkswirtschaftlichen Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh) im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) eine Studie zu den Auslandsaktivitäten...

We analyze the offshorability of jobs using the German Qualifications and Career Survey. The paper differentiates between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of organizational and spatial relocation derived from the...

Recent theoretical works suggest that migrants carry their social networks when moving across borders and that they bridge the information gap between partner countries. We derive a theoretical model where migrants reduce informational trade barriers and thus enhance exports. The model is...