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INFORMAL WAGE AND FORMAL SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY : THEORY AND EVIDENCES FROM INDIA

Maiti, Dibyendu; Marjit, Sugata - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

We express a doubt on the conventional wisdom namely, of a positive relationship between wage and productivity, of a formal sector firm in a developing economy where the firm can either go for subcontracting to the informal sector to minimize wage cost along with apprehension of extra-legal cost...

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Firm Heterogeneity in the Choice of Offshoring : Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Firms

Hyun, Hea-Jung - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009

Using firm-level data on offshoring of Korean manufacturers, the paper examines the relationship between firm heterogeneity and the probability of adopting offshoring. The results of the paper suggest that firm productivity may not be an important determinant for Korean firms offshoring...

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Demographic Complementarities and Outsourcing : Implications and Challenges for India

Asher, Mukul G.; Nandy, Amarendu - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

This paper analyses the implications of differing global demographic trends for Indias competitiveness in outsourcing … growth rate and occupy all segments of global outsourcing and offshoring activities. India has used the labor cost advantage …

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Has Liberalization Strengthened the Link between Services and Manufacturing?

Pasadilla, Gloria O.; Liao, Christine Marie M. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007

integrated manufacturing firms in developed economies and, at the same time, to an increase in outsourcing of these same services …

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Vertical Integration Versus Outsourcing in Industry Equilibrium

Wang, Bin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006

We study the determinants of the extent of in-house vertical integration and of outsourcing in foreign countries …

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The Economics of Outsourcing in a De-integrating Industry

Ghani, Jawaid Abdul; Rana, Arif Iqbal - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

Many large firms in low scale economy industries are actively considering outsourcing options, in the face of … competition from smaller more efficient players. Based on a review of the theoretical literature and a case-study of outsourcing … for outsourcing be evaluated in terms of level of proprietary knowledge, economies of scale, inefficiencies of vertical …

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Portfolios of Exchange Relationships: An Empirical Investigation of an Online Marketplace for IT Services

Radkevitch, Radkevitch, U.L.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2007

Small firms face distinct problems and opportunities when procuring IT resources. Whereas previous work focused at the level of firm or buyer-supplier dyad, we address portfolios of buyer-supplier relationships at an online marketplace for IT services. Using the portfolio approach, we develop a...

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Choosing between Auctions and Negotiations in Online B2B Markets for IT Services: The Effect of Prior Relationships and Performance

Radkevitch, Radkevitch, U.L.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

The choice of contract allocation mechanism in procurement affects such aspects of transactions as information exchange between buyer and supplier, supplier competition, pricing and, eventually, performance. In this study we investigate the buyer’s choice between reverse auctions and bilateral...

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Coping with Costly Bid Evaluation in Online Reverse Auctions for IT Services

Radkevitch, Radkevitch, U.L.; van Heck, van Heck, H.W.G.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008

Online markets have dramatically decreased costs of search and communication for buyers. By contrast, costs of evaluating purchasing alternatives have become critical due to an overwhelming range of available options. When high, evaluation costs can offset potential gains from transactions and...

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Does Contract Complexity Limit Opportunities? Vertical Organization and Flexibility

Pennings, Enrico - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2010

The vertical organization of production entails a range of make-or-buy decisions of intermediate goods that are influenced by the difficulty of writing contracts with a potential supplier. When contracting causes high transaction costs, a firm can decide to vertically integrate the production of...

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