Table 1 The determinants of outsourcing, organizational change measure: expanded use of bought-in products and services, 2002–2004, logit model

Sales per employee

−0.0001 (0.0003)^*

−0.072 (0.044)

Export share

0.007 (0.002)^***

0.047 (0.016)^***

Increasing sales expected

0.278 (0.110)^**

0.048 (0.018)^***

Investments in ICT

0.369 (0.127)^***

0.165 (0.057)^***

Investments in production facilities

0.139 (0129)

0.061 (0.056)

State-of-the-art technology

−0.114 (0.106)

−0.069 (0.065)

Number of employees

0.075 (0.068)

0.237 (0.166)

Wages per employee

0.080 (0.068)

0.133 (0.111)

Share of high-skilled workers

0.251 (0.219)

0.145 (0.126)

Separation rate

0.653 (0.372)^*

0.033 (0.019)^*

Share of fixed-term workers

−0.041 (0.490)

−0.001 (0.016)

Works council

0.231 (0.145)

0.061 (0.038)

Collective agreement

−0.072 (0.116)

−0.033 (0.053)

Western Germany

0.315 (0.127)^**

0.163 (0.065)^**

Establishment founded before 1990

0.103 (0.118)

0.055 (0.063)

Single-establishment firm (without subsidiaries)

−0.280 (0.117)^**

−0.190 (0.080)

Legal form (omitted category: sole trader)

 Partnership

0.223 (0.225)

0.019 (0.018)

 Limited liability corporation

0.301 (0.174)^*

0.161 (0.092)^*

 Company limited by shares

0.036 (0.274)

0.001 (0.010)

 Public corporation

−0.446 (1.116)

−0.002 (0.004)

 Other legal form

−0.391 (0.523)

−0.006 (0.008)

Log likelihood

LR Chi-square (d.f.)

Pseudo R ²

N