Outsourcing and firm productivity: a production function approach
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Keywords
Outsourcing; Total factor productivity; Production function; Manufacturing firms; D21; D24; L60;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
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