A chief concern for countries aiming to attract investment is how it will trickle down to the local economy. This column presents...

In this paper we look at the link between transport costs and offshoring activity. The paper does not aspire to be a complete survey...

This column examines the impact of offshore outsourcing on firms’ profits and innovation. Using data on 2,000 Irish firms, it shows...

The paper investigates the relationship between bank interest rate margins and collateral for loans issued to new ventures. The...

A new body called Tourism Ireland, funded jointly by the British and Irish Governments, has been set up to promote tourism for the...

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of outsourcing....

This paper examines the effect of international outsourcing of intermediate inputs on productivity at the level of the plant, with a...

This paper investigates the relative importance of property rights and transactions cost factors in driving the decision of firms to...

We examine empirically the effect of international outsourcing on labour demand at the level of the individual plant. We do so by...

We analyse the link between internet use and foreign sourcing of services and materials inputs. In our empirical analysis using firm...

While African countries are becoming more and more relevant as host countries for suppliers of multinational companies little is known...

This paper argues for an ambitious but realistic approach to defining the future role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The...

Previous aggregate studies ignore additional environmental improvements caused by intra industry reallocations to high productivity/...

The paper examines the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the survival of business start-ups. FDI has potential for both...

This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation Survey. ...

This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation Survey. ...

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by...

A decade ago few economists would have been surprised at the idea that Chinese research capability was evolving in standard textbook...

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by...

Should inputs such as bank finance affect innovation in BRICS vs. developed countries similarly? Arguably these elasticities may...