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Outsourcing and firm performance: evidence from Italian automotive suppliers

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  • Giuseppe Calabrese
  • Fabrizio Erbetta

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During the last decade a large number of firms operating in most industries have undertaken outsourcing processes. This tendency has involved, above all, automotive suppliers. The proposal of this paper is to investigate whether the outsourcing strategy has positively affected the overall performance of these firms. This has been observed by means of financial statements and under different viewpoints: growth, productivity, financial dependence and profitability. The findings point out that the relationship between outsourcing and performance does not follow a linear tendency. Furthermore, the firms always characterised by low integration or that deverticalised their productive structure over time have shown the highest growth, whereas firms with high integration level or that pursued a verticalisation strategy performed better in respect of profitability and debt ratio.

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  • Giuseppe Calabrese & Fabrizio Erbetta, 2005. "Outsourcing and firm performance: evidence from Italian automotive suppliers," International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(4), pages 461-479.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijatma:v:5:y:2005:i:4:p:461-479
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    1. Arocena, Pablo & Gómez-Plana, Antonio G. & Peña, Sofía, 2024. "A model for the competitive benchmarking of energy costs," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
    2. Roberto Antonietti, 2016. "From outsourcing to productivity, passing through training: microeconometric evidence from Italy," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(5), pages 407-425, July.
    3. Giuliano Conti & Alessia Lo Turco & Daniela Maggioni, 2014. "Rethinking the import-productivity nexus for Italian manufacturing," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 41(4), pages 589-617, November.
    4. Alessandro Manello & Giuseppe Calabrese & Piercarlo Frigero, "undated". "Explaining the efficiency of Italian car suppliers during the crisis," CERIS Working Paper 201406, CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY.
    5. Calabrese, Giuseppe Giulio & Manello, Alessandro, 2018. "Firm internationalization and performance: Evidence for designing policies," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 40(6), pages 1221-1242.
    6. Alessandro Manello & Giuseppe G. Calabrese & Piercarlo Frigero, 2016. "Technical efficiency and productivity growth along the automotive value chain: evidence from Italy," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 25(2), pages 245-259.

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