Arbeitspapier
IT outsourcing - A source of innovation? Microeconometric evidence for Germany
Do firms sourcing out IT services redirect their resources to innovation activity? We attempt to answer this question by analysing a firm-level data set comprising 1453 firms from the German manufacturing and services sectors. Using different measures of IT outsourcing (ITO), the econometric estimations reveal a significant and U-shaped relationship between ITO and product innovation activity of manufacturing firms, and a significant and hump-shaped relationship between ITO and process innovation activity of services firms. A propensity score matching analysis takes account of reverse causality; the results underpin the relevance of ITO for services firms' realisation of process innovation.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 12-088
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
Organization of Production
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- Thema
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IT outsourcing
product innovation
process innovation
firm-level data
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bertschek. Irene
Erdsiek, Daniel
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
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Mannheim
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bertschek. Irene
- Erdsiek, Daniel
- Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Entstanden
- 2012