@techreport{f3938542d1604db5a5b0ef9366fed87d,
title = "Offshoring and specialisation: are industries moving abroad?",
abstract = "This paper investigates the impact of off-shoring on specialisation via its effect on national endowments and productivity. We use different definition of off-shoring to properly capture international fragmentation of production, while controlling for countries? stocks of R\&D and ICT capital. Using industry data for the US, Japan and Europe we show that while offshoring of materials can benefit a wide range of industries, service and intra-industry offshoring can decrease specialisation in high-tech industry, both within manufacturing and services. This effect can be compensated with increasing R\&D investments.",
keywords = "Business and management studies",
author = "Michela Vecchi and Ioannis Bournakis and Francesco Venturini",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
series = "Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica",
publisher = "Universit{\`a} di Perugia, Dipartimento Economia",
number = "98/2011",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Universit{\`a} di Perugia, Dipartimento Economia",
}