How Does Investing in Cheap Labour Countries Affect Performance at Home? France and Italy

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Foreign multinationals and domestic innovation: Intra-industry effects and firm heterogeneity (2015, background): “The skill-intensity of domestic firms may also increase as a result of investing abroad (Barba-Navaretti et al., 2010; Hijzen, 2011).”
R&D Offshoring and the Productivity Growth of European Regions (2012, unknown): “In fact, offshoring, by allowing firms to sell more 6 into foreign markets (thanks to a quick adaptation of their products), will also increase the need for services and activities concentrated in the home territory (Grossman and Rossi-Hansberg, 2008; Barba Navaretti et al., 2010).”
The challenge for Mondragon: Searching for the cooperative values in times of internationalization (2014, background): “In both cases, these strategies are adopted to reduce production costs, obtain access to knowledge of other markets, enjoy greater legitimacy in foreign markets, and access new markets (Barba Navaretti et al., 2009; Contractor et al., 2010).”
Foreign direct investment and firm performance: an empirical analysis of Italian firms (2016, unknown): “Productivity gains seem to be associated especially with investment in advanced countries (Barba Navaretti et al. 2010). Different results emerge from a similar analysis (Hijzen et al. 2007) of multinational firms in Japan; gains are observed regarding employment but are negligible with respect to p”