Final Workshop MIUR-PRIN Project Production, R&D and Knowledge Offshoring Economic Analyses and Policy Implications BAFFI Center on International Markets, Money and Regulation Università degli Studi di Perugia Università degli Studi di Catania 24-25 September 2013 Università Bocconi Seminar Room AS03 via Röntgen 1 Milano
24 September 9:00am Registration 9:15am Welcome and Introduction Antonello Zanfei 9:30am Chair Antonello Zanfei Keynote Lecture Curb Your Enthusiasm: The limits of outsourcing and globalization Rajneesh Narula University of Reading 10:30am Coffee break 11:00am Session 1 Determinants of Offshoring Chair Grazia Santangelo Università degli Studi di Catania Investing Abroad from the Bottom of the Productivity Ladder BRICS multinationals in Europe Marco Sanfilippo European University Institute Determinants of Offshoring: Empirical evidence from Ireland Gavin Murphy Trinity College Dublin Iulia Siedschlag Trinity College Dublin Heterogeneity and Distance. How do differences across regions, firms and functions affect FDI location decisions? Davide Castellani Giulio Giangaspero Antonello Zanfei 12:30pm Lunch 2:00pm Session 2 Offshoring and Employment Chair Maria Luisa Mancusi Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs Gianmarco Ottaviano London School of Economics and Political Science Giovanni Peri University of California
Offshoring and Firm-Level Employment Evidence for Belgian Manufacturing Firms Bruno Merlevede Ghent University Bernhard Michel Federal Planning Office Outsourcing Potentials and International Tradability of Jobs Tobias Brändle Institute for Applied Economic Research Andreas Koch IAW Tübingen The Governance of Offshoring and its Effects at Home. The role of codetermination in the fragmentation of production of German firms Alessandro Bramucci Antonello Zanfei 4:00pm Coffee break 4:30pm Session 3 R&D and Technology Sourcing Chair Gianmarco Ottaviano London School of Economics and Political Science Technology Sourcing or Cost Saving: Drivers of international R&D outsourcing by French firms Liza Jabbour University of Nottingham Pluvia Zuniga MERIT Global Sourcing of Knowledge by Small and Medium Firms: Empirical evidence from the Italian machinery sector Roberta Bocconcelli Barbara Francioni Alessandro Pagano On the Shoulders of R&D Giants: Does FDI help climb them? Sandro Montresor Università di Bologna Antonio Vezzani JRC-IPTS, European Commission
25 September 9:00am Session 4 Offshoring and Firm Characteristics Chair Iulia Siedschlag Trinity College Dublin Innovative, Yet Not Reactive to Changes? Unveiling certain characteristics of offshoring firms in Denmark Eunkyung Park Aalborg University Internationalization Modes of European Firms: Selection and contracting Gabor Bekes Institute of Economics, CERS-HAS Balázs Muraközy Institute of Economics, CERS-HAS Service Offshoring and Wages: Workerlevel evidence from Italy Elisa Borghi Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC Rosario Crinò CEMFI Madrid Migration, Production Structure and Exports Giuseppe De Arcangelis Edoardo Di Porto Gianluca Santoni 11:00am Coffee break 11:30am Session 5 Offshoring, Innovation and Patents Chair Bernhard Dachs Austrian Institute of Technology International Production Networks and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers Roberta Piermartini IHEID Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Stela Rubínová IHEID Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies The Technological Specialization of Countries: An analysis of patent data Lucio Picci Università di Bologna Luca Savorelli University of St Andrews
Determinants of Foreign Technological Activity in German Regions A count model analysis of transnational patents (1996-2009) Eva Dettmann IWH Iciar Dominguez Lacasa IWH Jutta Günther Friedrich Schiller University Björn Jindra IWH and SPRU 1:00pm Lunch 2:30pm Session 6 Offshoring and Firm Performance Chair Davide Castellani Università degli Studi di Perugia The Effects of Production Offshoring on R&D and Innovation in the Home Country Bernhard Dachs Austrian Institute of Technology Bernd Ebersberger MCI Steffen Kinkel University of Karlsruhe Oliver Som Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI Inward Greenfield FDI and Innovation Roberto Antonietti Università degli Studi di Padova Raffaello Bronzini Bank of Italy Giulio Cainelli Università degli Studi di Padova The Performance Implications of Location Drivers and Governance Mode in Knowledge Intensive Services Offshoring Federico Caniato Stefano Elia Davide Luzzini Lucia Piscitello Stefano Ronchi
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