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Overseas links as export conduits
Hanley, Aoife - 2009
This paper investigates the relationship between exports and overseas links using data from the UK Community Innovation Survey. Overseas vertical and horizontal links are associated with an average increase in export intensity of 74 and 156 percent for vertical and horizontal overseas links...
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Economising, strategising and the vertical boundaries of the firm
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - In: The B.E. journal of theoretical economics 17 (2017) 1, pp. 1-35
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011593809
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2011
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914735
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2011
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552382
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Outsourcing versus FDI in oligopoly equilibrium
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2008
wholly owned subsidiary or outsourcing it to a supplier who must make a relationship specific investment. Firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552388
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Strategic investment and international outsourcing in unionised oligopoly
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) - 2010
We critically consider the conventional belief that the attractiveness of international outsourcing lies in cheaper … firms facing unionised domestic labour market choose between producing an intermediate in-house or outsourcing it to a non …-unionised foreign supplier that makes a relationship specific investment in developing the intermediate. We show that outsourcing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553591
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Strategic investment and international outsourcing in unionised oligopoly
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - In: Labour Economics 19 (2012) 2, pp. 260-269
intermediate good in-house and outsourcing it to a non-unionised foreign supplier that makes a relationship-specific investment in … developing the intermediate. The paper sheds light on the issue of whether international outsourcing offers a means to ‘escape …’ the power of domestic unions and on the existence of intra-industry wage dispersion. We show that outsourcing typically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577401
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Strategic Investment and International Outsourcing In Unionised Oligopoly
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
intermediate good in-house and outsourcing it to a nonunionised foreign supplier that makes a relationship-specific investment in … developing the intermediate. The paper sheds light on the issue of whether international outsourcing offers a means to ‘escape …’ the power of domestic unions and on the existence of intra-industry wage dispersion. We show that outsourcing typically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610378
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Economising, Strategising and the Decision to Outsource
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
We study the make-or-buy decision of oligopolistic firms in an industry in which final good production requires specialised inputs. Firms’ mode of operation decision depends on both the incentive to economize on costs and on strategic considerations. We explore the strategic incentives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610384
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STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND INTERNATIONAL OUTSOURCING IN UNIONISED OLIGOPOLY
Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - Department of Economics Studies, University of Dundee - 2010
We critically consider the conventional belief that the attractiveness of international outsourcing lies in cheaper … firms facing unionised domestic labour market choose between producing an intermediate in-house or outsourcing it to a non …-unionised foreign supplier that makes a relationship specific investment in developing the intermediate. We show that outsourcing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008603047