Outsourcing and firm performance
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Date
2011-08Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
This paper aims at analyzing (a) the factors determining the firms’ propensity to outsource various processes (b) the impact of outsourcing on firms’ innovation performance as well as labour productivity. The integral investigation of the determining factors as well as the impact of outsourcing on innovation and productivity based on the same data in a comparative setting is the new element this study adds to existing empirical literature. Relocation to external providers is related to (parts of) the production process of final products and intermediate products as well as Research and Development (R&D) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-006600342Publication status
publishedJournal / series
KOF Working PapersVolume
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
AUSLAGERUNG; Outsourcing; OUTSOURCING; BUSINESS EFFICIENCY; BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS (POINT OF VIEW); GREECE (SOUTHEAST EUROPE). HELLENIC REPUBLIC; GRIECHENLAND (SÜDOSTEUROPA). HELLENISCHE REPUBLIK; UNTERNEHMENSORGANISATIONEN; Process innovation; Product innovation; SCHWEIZ (MITTELEUROPA). SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT; SWITZERLAND (CENTRAL EUROPE). SWISS CONFEDERATION; INTERNATIONALER VERGLEICH (GESICHTSPUNKT); BETRIEBSEFFIZIENZ; Average labour productivityOrganisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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