scholarly journals Do Innovation and Offshoring Make a Difference? An Empirical Exploration of the Effects on the Performance of European Firms

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pinuccia Calia ◽  
Ida D'Attoma ◽  
Silvia Pacei
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Firm Profitability ◽  
Selection Mechanisms ◽  
The Eu

<p>This study attempts to answer the question of whether European manufacturing firms that undertake offshoring, innovation or both benefit from higher productivity and profitability. From a methodological point of view, the driving forces that push firms to innovate and/or to offshore can be seen as self-selection mechanisms that make the estimation of their economic impact more difficult if the confounding factors affecting these mechanisms also affect the economic performance of the firms. To disentangle the effect of both offshoring and innovation on firms’ performances from the effect of firm characteristics, the propensity score matching methodology in a multi-overlapping treatment setting is used.<strong> </strong>The study targets European countries using the EU-EFIGE/Bruegel-Unicredit dataset. Decisions to offshore and innovate do not seem to have a significant effect on productivity, whereas the decision to innovate only has a significant effect on firm profitability.<strong> </strong></p>

Self-Selection and Learning by Exporting from Indian Manufacturing Firms

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar ◽  
Jyoti Raman ◽  
Priya Singh
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Learning By Exporting

Following a growing literature, the authors test in this work the two hypotheses of self-selection and learning by exporting across different Indian manufacturing firms. Using matched sampling techniques, they estimate whether export-oriented firms are more efficient than non-exporters on the basis of the Indian Surveys of manufacturing firms for the period 2005-2013. The findings indicate that export entrants increase their productivity after entry but this increase is only temporary. In fact, the authors document a time-varying relationship between export participation and economic performance. This occurs for both total-factor productivity (TFP) and productivity growth. These results are consistent with those found in the previous literature for many countries. The only lasting significant effect that we find among the different measures of performances between exporters and non-exporters is that the former generates higher profits than their domestic counterparts.

What Kind of Firms Has Investment Programs in the Crisis Times and What Kind of Barriers Do They Face?

2009 ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Doing Business

The paper considers the behavior of Russian enterprises during the current crisis using the data of the latest survey of 1000 manufacturing firms. Special attention is paid to features of firms planning big investment for the next 12 months. The links between current investment plans, previous investment in 2005-2008 and other factors are shown. Finally we analyze the most important barriers for doing business from the point of view of investors.

WISATA BAHARI PADA ZONA PEMANFAATAN TAMAN NASIONAL MANUSELA: POTENSI DAN FAKTOR PENGARUH PENGEMBANGAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Ivonne R. G. Kaya ◽  
Fildo De Lima
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Income Sources ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Tourism Attractions ◽  
Depth Interviews

Tourism has become one of the major players in ‎international commerce and represents one of the main income ‎sources for many developing countries at the same time. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-‎economic progress.‎ This article described the potential of tourism attraction and factor affecting the development of marine tourism area in the utilization zone of Manusela National Park. Semi-structured interviews, in-depth interviews and participant observations were conducted with respondent (n=110) in Bellarizky, Air Belanda, Ora Beach and Lizar Bahari resort. The potential of tourist attractions in the utilization zone of Manusela National Park is as a snorkeling, diving and point of view. Factors affecting the development are service, transportation, supporting facilities and tourism attractions.

Austrian Veto against European Union Membership Negotiations with Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Ewa Kaczan-Winiarska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
European Standards ◽  
The Eu

The Austrian government is extremely sceptical about the accession negotiations which are conducted by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union with Turkey and calls for the negotiation process to end. Serious reservations of Vienna have been raised by the current political situation in Turkey under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as by the standards of democracy in Turkey, which differ greatly from European standards. Serious deficiencies in rule of law, freedom of speech and independence of the judiciary, confirmed in the latest European Commission report on Turkey, do not justify, from Vienna’s point of view, the continuation of talks with Ankara on EU membership. In fact, Austria’s scepticism about the European perspective for Turkey has a longer tradition. This was marked previously in 2005 when the accession negotiations began. Until now, Austria’s position has not had enough clout within the European arena. Pragmatic cooperation with Turkey as a strategic partner of the EU, both in the context of the migration crisis and security policy, proved to be a key factor. The question is whether Austria, which took over the EU presidency from 1.7.2018, will be able to more strongly accentuate its reservations about Turkey and even build an alliance of Member States strong enough to block Turkey’s accession process.

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