Autori
Vannoni, Davide
Razzolini, Tiziano

Titolo
Strategie di export passivo, produzione su commessa e performance
Periodico
L'industria
Anno: 2009 - Volume: 30 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 437 - Pagina finale: 465

This paper contributes to the literature on firms' productivity and exporting decisions by analyzing the role played by organizational choice aspects. Rather than setting up a vertically integrated structure, manufacturers may act as sub-contractors in both domestic and foreign markets, and produce to satisfy the requirements of other firms. The predictions that the most productive firms self-select into exporting, while the least productive ones work as sub-contractors serving the domestic market only are tested on a sample of Italian firms observed in the 1998-2003 period. The results of our estimates highlight a ranking of firms consistent with the prediction of a "stylized" theoretical model, and provide a clear indication that firms using sub-contracting in foreign markets display lower TFP values as compared to "direct exporters".



SICI: 0019-7416(2009)30:3<437:SDEPPS>2.0.ZU;2-A
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