A growing number of empirical studies find a relationship between the outsourcing of
activities and a long term loss of firm productivity growth. The paper addresses this …

I present direct evidence on the role of firm-to-firm labor mobility in enhancing the
productivity of firms located near highly productive firms. Using matched employer-employee …

In this paper we examine the effects that user-producer interactions have on innovation and
the dynamics of market structure of two vertically related industries under alternative …

The fundamental question of whether offshoring is value enhancing and, more specifically,
whether Italian manufacturing firms that undertake offshoring benefit from higher productivity …

We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to
adapt their organizational processes and structures. Starting from complexity theory, we use …

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis
on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to …

The article presents a critical review of the advances made in incentive-based and
knowledge-based theories of the firm. In particular, the authors explore some developments …

In this chapter we review the literature on subcontracting relationships with a focus on
organisational structures, antecedents and the spatial dimension in such relations. We …

Ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the federal government has increased funding for
emergency preparedness. However, the literature continues to document several areas of …

This paper analyses the production outsourcing of Emilia-Romagna's small clothing
manufacturers, using a new rich firm-level dataset. This dataset has the considerable …