Arbeitspapier
Outsourcing and Firm Productivity in Irish Manufacturing
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.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: FIW Working Paper ; No. 21
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Multinational Firms; International Business
Organization of Production
- Thema
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Outsourcing
Productivity
Firm Structure
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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McCann, Fergal
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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FIW - Research Centre International Economics
- (wo)
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Vienna
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- McCann, Fergal
- FIW - Research Centre International Economics
Entstanden
- 2009