Foreign outsourcing and firm-level characteristics : evidence from Japanese manufacturers
| Autor: | Eiichi Tomiura |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Foreign outsourcing
Firm-level data Productivity Capital-labor ratio Economics and Econometrics ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION Firm-level data business.industry ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Foreign outsourcing jel:J31 Knowledge process outsourcing Outsourcing jel:F23 Entry cost Commerce Manufacturing jel:F1 Political Science and International Relations Postprint Production (economics) Business Productivity Finance Capital-labor ratio |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. 19(2):255-271 |
| ISSN: | 0889-1583 |
| Popis: | Tomiura, Eiichi—Foreign outsourcing and firm-level characteristics: evidence from Japanese manufacturers Based on micro data of 118,300 firms without firm-size thresholds covering all manufacturing industries in Japan, this paper investigates the foreign outsourcing, distinguished explicitly from domestic outsourcing, at the firm level. Less than three percent of the firms are outsourcing their production across national borders. The fixed entry cost for foreign outsourcing is significant and related with the firm’s human skills and foreign business experience. The firms tend to outsource more of their activities overseas when their productivity is higher or when their products are more labor-intensive. JEL classification: F1; F23; J31 |
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