Offshoring and firm performance: Evidence from French manufacturing industry

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-524

  Jabbour, Liza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY;

FRANCE;

EID: 77952571677     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2010.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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