'Slicing the Value Chain' Internationally: Empirical Evidence on the Offshoring Strategy by French Firms

43 Pages Posted: 4 Mar 2008

Date Written: January 2008

Abstract

This paper analyzes the off-shoring strategy from an empirical view. It focuses on a set of models, extracts a set of testable hypothesizes and creates a suitable set of variable to test their validity. This analysis is based on a data set from French manufacturing firms that provides detailed information on the off-shoring strategy. The choice of off-shoring modes is investigated through the estimation of a multinomial logit model and associated to a set of explanatory variables at the firm, industry and country levels. Our results emphasize the role of firm heterogeneity, input specificity and of market thickness.

Keywords: Offshoring, Vertical FDI, Outsourcing, Firm Heterogeneity

JEL Classification: D23, F14, F23, L11

Suggested Citation

Jabbour, Liza, 'Slicing the Value Chain' Internationally: Empirical Evidence on the Offshoring Strategy by French Firms (January 2008). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1101354 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1101354

Liza Jabbour (Contact Author)

University of Paris I ( email )

17, rue de la Sorbonne
Paris, IL 75005
France

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