Productivity Premium of Cross-Border Outsourcing Firms

Eiichi Tomiura

Chapter Chapter 6 in Cross-Border Outsourcing and Boundaries of Japanese Firms, 2018, pp 101-128 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter examines whether and how the productivity of a firm outsourcingOutsourcing to offshore suppliers differs from those not active in cross-border outsourcingCross-border outsourcing based on Japanese firm-level dataFirm-level data . We also compare them with firms outsourcingOutsourcing within the same country and with firms sourcingSourcing within the firm boundaryFirm boundary . Before reporting our empirical findings, we briefly summarize predictions from theoretical models in international economics.

Keywords: FDIForeign Direct Investment (FDI); Labor productivityLabor Productivity; TFP Total Factor Productivity; Heterogeneous Firm Trade Model; Japanese Business Structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0035-6_6

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